"Kaifu, is there any other way to make the system compatible?"
After leaving the Shenzhou, Chen Yu returned to Huanyu Technologies.
The first thing Chen Yu did was to look for Li Kaifu, who was in charge of Huanyu's system.
"Boss Chen, we've already tried our best to communicate with the major hardware and software manufacturers. We're trying to get more hardware and software to support our Huanyu system."
Although that was what he said, Chen Yu could tell from Li Kaifu's expression that it wasn't very effective.
That was understandable.
Some of the major hardware and software manufacturers wouldn't be compatible with you just because you wanted them to.
Just like the major PC giants, they had also reached a series of agreements with Microsoft.
This was because it was beneficial to both parties.
Microsoft needed these major hardware and software companies to build their Windows ecosystem.
These major hardware and software manufacturers also needed to work with Microsoft to consolidate their market share.
This wasn't just a matter of compatibility. There was also a huge chain of benefits.
It was just like how netbooks could be launched.
Huanyu Technologies wasn't the only one that could make money.
Shenzhou Computer was also making money.
VIA Electronics and a series of electronic component suppliers could also make money.
However, although Huanyu Technologies seemed to have a lot of potential, the hardware and software manufacturers weren't particularly interested in it yet.
"Have you contacted some of the smaller hardware and software manufacturers?"
The major hardware and software manufacturers had cooperated with Microsoft. They wouldn't easily be compatible with Huanyu's system. Chen Yu thought of the smaller hardware and software manufacturers.
However, Li Kaifu's answer made Chen Yu frown.
"Those smaller hardware and software manufacturers are more enthusiastic about being compatible with us. However, there are too many of them. It takes time. Moreover, some hardware and software manufacturers have developed our version, but the results weren't very good. "
"That's also a problem."
The major hardware and software manufacturers had their advantages.
Take Flash software for example. People would find Flash and download it the moment they arrived.
Even if there was software with similar functions as Flash, people wouldn't download it if they didn't know about it.
This was also true in the field of instant messaging.
Everyone knew about YY, so they downloaded YY the moment they arrived.
Even if there is a MSN like YY, sorry, I don't know, I won't download you.
Fortunately, Huanyu Technology was able to satisfy a series of consumer's basic requirements for internet access.
Otherwise, netbooks would not have been launched.
As long as the basic requirements were met, the entire ecosystem had to be established.
Moreover, the time needed to be sped up.
If it couldn't be established, netbooks would only be popular for a few years at most.
A few years later, when consumers mature, they won't have much demand for netbooks.
Because at that time, they needed more professional notebooks.
"Kaifu, you guys have another meeting to discuss and see if there's anything else that can be pushed forward."
Chen Yu had a headache.
It wasn't easy to compete with Huanyu Technologies.
"Chen Yu, do you have an idea?"
"Old Wu, do you think I'm a god? How can it be so fast?"
"I just wanted to tell you that I've received some bad news."
Li Kaifu didn't have many ideas at the moment, and Chen Yu had a headache too.
At this time, Wu Haijun called again.
"What bad news?"
"I heard that Microsoft might be lowering the price of netbooks."
"Oh."
Chen Yu was a little surprised. "Microsoft is quite vicious."
Chen Yu had predicted that Microsoft wouldn't make a move on Huanyu's system immediately.
He didn't expect Microsoft to act so quickly.
However, this also showed how powerful Microsoft was.
If there was any movement in the market that threatened their core position, they would strangle them in the cradle.
If Windows lowered the price to a reasonable level, the cost of other computer manufacturers would be greatly reduced.
With the ecosystem built by Windows, their first choice would be Microsoft.
"But this is a good thing. This proves that our netbooks have great potential."
Chen Yu said with a smile.
But this smile was also a bitter one.
"How can you still smile?"
"What else can I do? Cry?"
Chen Yu comforted himself.
"You have a big heart. Okay, I'll tell you the news. I'll see what I can do."
"Hey, Old Wu, do you have any ideas?"
"We only make computers, not systems. Don't ask me, I don't know."
Looking at Wu Haijun hanging up the phone, Chen Yu smiled.
Just as he was about to turn off the phone, Chen Yu remembered that his Huanyu phone also had a system.
Of course, this system was only a functional system for the time being. It wasn't a smartphone system yet.
This reminded Chen Yu of the history of smartphone systems in his previous life.
Chen Yu had an idea.
He might be able to find an idea by referring to the history of smartphone systems.
In his previous life, there were two sides to smartphones. One was Apple, the other was Android.
Apple was not the first phone manufacturer to introduce smartphones.
Smartphones had existed for a long time.
Nokia had smartphones back then.
However, Apple was the first to introduce touch and smartphones to the world.
Because of the huge sales of Apple phones, a series of apps for the iPhone began to appear.
As for Android …
Because it was open source and free, it received support from countless manufacturers around the world.
Therefore, a series of software and hardware were compatible with Android.
So, how would consumers use these compatible software and hardware?
The answer was the app store.
Mobile operating systems were different from computer operating systems.
Most of the mobile applications were downloaded from the app store.
Even if users knew to download from certain manufacturers' official websites through browsers, they would still download from the app store.
Why?
Because it was convenient.
Once you entered the app store, all you needed to do was click and a series of apps would be downloaded.
However, Huanyu's phone did not have this app store.
It was not that Huanyu did not want to do it, but it was impossible to do it now.
The main reason was that data was precious to everyone. A 50 MB GPRS package would take a month.
Even if there was an app store, there would be tens of MB downloads, but they would not download it.
Instead, it would be more convenient for users to install these apps before they left the factory.
Moreover, in the era of functional computers, people did not have much demand for various apps.
At this time, it was enough to make phone calls, send text messages, go online, chat, and watch YY.
However, there was no app store for mobile phones at the moment. Then, could he do it on computers?
This allowed Chen Yu to immediately find an idea.
That was right.
Create an app store for computers.
If consumers wanted to find an app, they could just click on the app store and download it.
If the system manufacturer could create a good marketing environment, they would work closely around you.
"Yes, create an app store."
Thinking of this, Chen Yu was a little excited.
However, he still calmed himself down and reconsidered the feasibility of the app store.
This function was actually similar to the software butler function of 360 in his previous life.
The software butler could not only delete and clean all kinds of apps, but it could also download and update all kinds of apps.
Ever since the software butler was created, 360 Safety Guard became the entry point for many apps.
Many software companies worked with 360.
Because everyone knew that through 360, users could download apps more easily.
However, Chen Yu did not want to use 360's software butler method.
Because 360's software butler looked good, but it was still a little complicated to operate.
For example, he needed to install 360.
After the installation, he still needed to click on 360 and then click on the software butler.
Don't think that it was just a few more steps.
For professional computer users, this was of course nothing.
But for those computer novices, this was a problem.
Why not just create a desktop shortcut for the app on the desktop?
This way, they could download it more directly. It was much more convenient than 360.
Don't think that it was just a few fewer operations.
This idea of saving users' operations was also a huge attraction for consumers who were familiar with computers.
Especially since consumers were very lazy. If they could buy things from the side, they would not go further.
If they could save a few more operations, he did not want to use more complicated operations.
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