177. ECEC2 (6)
Hwaak-
Hoyeong closed her eyes for a moment in the bright light and opened them.
Slowly my eyes got used to it and I started to see.
“Wow!”
“Yoon Ho-young!”
A lot of people chanted his name.
It was like seeing a star at a concert and seeing fans going wild.
However, it is only natural that the audience became a fan of Yun Ho-young.
Hoyoung has been on the path of innovation so far, and has made tremendous technological advances over the years.
Although he is neither a researcher nor an inventor, no one disputes the claim that Hoyeong has accelerated the development of mankind.
‘It’s not bad.’
Hoyoung didn’t think that feeling was bad.
It was like that when I went on stage last time, but now I feel like I can enjoy this situation even more.
“Dell. Aren’t you calling me too late? It was hard waiting in the back.”
“haha. Sorry. I couldn’t help it because I wanted to introduce our products in more detail to the people here.”
“Well, if it’s something like Alienware 94, I can understand it.”
Hoyoung and Del said the words in advance, but they communicated very skillfully.
“ruler. So, let’s talk about small talk, everyone, this time I’ll introduce you. finally came out H&H’s third operating system. It’s Chronos 3!”
The screen, which had been naturally turned off before I knew it, came back on as soon as Hoyeong finished speaking.
And the computer started booting up again.
The logo of Chronos 3 passes by once again, after a while.
[welcome.]
phrase came out.
It took only 15 seconds to get here.
“You say booting completes in just 15 seconds?”
“How the hell did you develop such an operating system?”
“With Chronos 3, I don’t have to go to the bathroom with the computer turned off anymore.”
People’s reactions were absolutely explosive.
Until now, computers have taken more than 30 seconds to boot. It was because it took 2-3 minutes.
In particular, booting Windows 3.0 took longer because it required booting DOS first and then running Windows 3.0 again.
However, in the middle of the audience, someone said in a suspicious tone.
“But it’s still too early to like it. Did you forget the performance of the Alienware 94 you just saw? That kind of speed could have come from using that monster computer.”
This person spoke quite loudly, so everyone around him nodded.
Someone even raised their hand and asked a question, even though it wasn’t even question time.
“Isn’t that kind of speed coming only from the performance of the new Alienware?!”
“that is···.”
Hoyoung couldn’t answer his words at once.
Then, the audience started to feel doubts and anxiety about Hoyoung’s reaction.
The wave started to grow little by little, and the crowd began to hum.
And for some reason, Hoyeong couldn’t answer anything, waiting for this anxiety to spread to the audience.
“This was the reason H&H and Dell Computer set up a joint stage. Because I had to demonstrate it with the best computer!”
Some spectators even burst into anger.
At that time, Hoyeong smiled very brightly and pointed to a corner of the stage and opened her mouth.
“everyone! Would you like to look over there?”
People looked at where Hoyoung’s fingers were pointing.
It was a place where various sound equipment and video transmission equipment were gathered.
And when someone was there, an employee from H&H was standing there.
“Can you show the audience the computer connected to this screen?”
The camera that was looking at Ho-young is looking at the employee.
The staff sighed under the table, and eventually.
“Grunt.”
With a hard sound, he pulled out a large desktop and lifted it off the table.
At the same time, Hoyoung’s voice is heard.
“What is connected now is the entry-level model D-100 released last year in 1993 by Dell Computer. In fact, when I came out, the screen turned off for a while, and it started booting again, right? It was changed to this model at my request.”
The audience was dumbfounded.
Because the result was completely different from what they thought.
The D-100 model Hoyoung was talking about was not a high-end model, and it was a computer that could be purchased for $900 at a high price.
Most of them here are IT maniacs who gather from all over the United States and participate in ECEC.
So, most of them were equipped with PCs with better performance than the D-100.
“……”
A very moment of silence passed.
And, that silence turned into a tingling roar.
“Wow! it’s crazy. It looks like a computer has evolved with one operating system.”
“I think you can tell without looking at the performance of the operating system. this is awesome Awesome!”
Hoyoung smiled heartily as he watched the enthusiastic audience.
In fact, this direction was one that he and Dell worked hard to come up with.
The man who loudly asked Hoyoung in the audience was also a Dell Computer employee.
“ruler. Shall we now take a look inside the operating system?”
Then, Hoyoung started to introduce the difference between the operating system and Chronos 2.
Improved multitasking, faster communication speed, improved web browser, and more…
In a way, it was actually an announcement that was nothing special.
The design has become cleaner, and the existing performance has been improved.
However, thanks to Ho-yeong’s directing, the immersed audience felt only new things that they already knew.
“But did I come on this stage with Dell just to talk about such obvious things?”
Even so, Hoyoung was not the type to just talk about what he had prepared and go downstairs.
“what? What else is there?”
“I’m looking forward to what you’re going to say now?”
The audience was surprised by Hoyoung’s words.
It’s great so far, but what else is there!
But there was another person who was surprised by his words.
‘What, this has never been discussed before?’
It was Dell, standing on one side of the stage.
He was very surprised by Hoyoung, who proceeded differently from the script he had originally talked about, but he couldn’t show it like that because he was on stage.
However, as if he was trying to send telepathy to Hoyoung, he only shot his eyes.
Hoyeong, perhaps conscious of Del’s gaze, smiled very briefly and continued.
“The Kronos I just showed you is the normal version. It is a mid-range, low-end version that has been optimized so that as many users as possible can use our Chronos 3.”
Hoyoung naturally walked towards Alienware 94 and put his hand on it and continued.
“And we, H&H, are working on a more special Kronos unique to Alienware. It’s a monstrous operating system that only has a capacity of about 500MB. We’re still in development, so we apologize for not being able to show you right away. However, it will be announced within a few months at the latest, so please wait with pleasure.”
Hoyeong bowed her head, and the people cheered again.
And the promised 20 minutes have all passed.
Both Hoyoung and Del went to the center of the stage and began to say their final goodbyes.
“Until now, H&H’s Yun Ho-young.”
“It was the Dell of Dell computers.”
“Our joint booth is the largest in ECEC history. If everyone doesn’t go and line up right now, you may not even see it until the event is over. Not only Cronos 3, but also Alienware, so please go and enjoy the experience!”
Hoyeong’s last cry was like a gunshot announcing the start of a race.
People began to leave the stage as if they had realized something.
Del, who was looking at the people leaving the stage with a bewildered expression, spoke to Ho-young as if he had suddenly remembered.
“An operating system for Alienware, is that something you can take responsibility for?”
“haha. del. Have you ever seen me talk nonsense?”
“…nothing.”
“Right? Really, I’ll make it in a few months. The frame is set anyway, so there is nothing too difficult.”
Dell nodded.
And watching the audience slip away like the ebb tide, I was able to realize that all of this was according to Hoyoung’s intention.
‘The next step was Microsoft!’
And then I managed to hold back the laughter that came out inside.
About 1/3 of the audience has already left the presentation room.
‘I can’t believe the day will come when the world’s Bill Gates will be humiliated like this. What a wonderful person.’
The bad relationship between Hoyoung and Bill Gates was a fact that I was able to realize because I knew from the beginning.
He glanced at Hoyoung’s face.
Now Hoyoung’s face was ‘refreshing’ itself.
It’s like drinking a glass of cold soda.
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ECEC Texas in 1994 was the stage for Cronus and Dell in name and reality.
Hoyoung and Dell stepped off the stage and Bill Gates came out the next step to announce Windows 95, but it didn’t create any buzz.
In fact, Bill Gates had already left half of the audience and made his announcement after seeing the empty seats.
And the headline of the daily newspaper the day after the stage was over accurately expressed the atmosphere of the scene.
[Dell and H&H open a new era, and Microsoft can’t escape the glory of the past]
And this place had one more advantage of being a Texan.
It is the state where ADSL has already been introduced.
This ECEC, which started to spread in Austin, began to spread all over Texas, and the surrounding states where the Internet had not yet been introduced also began to fluctuate.
Hoyoung was happily watching this situation with Lee Jinchan and Smith at the H&H America headquarters.
“boss. Requests about when the Chronos 3 will be released are so overwhelming that the CS team is unable to do their normal work.”
“Is that enough? We already announced that Chronos 3 will be released on the 1st of next month.”
“That kind of explanation doesn’t work for them. The people waiting for Kronos right now aren’t really calling to ask about the schedule. It is a kind of protest to accelerate the release of Kronos.”
“What about the reaction to Windows 95?”
“Aside from a few Windows fanatics, there’s no mention of it, surprisingly.”
Hoyoung giggled.
“good. So, should we move up the release schedule a bit? Because development has already been completed.”
“but···.”
“Is there a problem?”
“It doesn’t fit the marketing schedule we have established, and crucially, the packaging of the first distribution has not yet been completed.”
“Actually, we don’t need marketing right now, right?”
“Is that so…?”
Hoyoung laughed.
“Then, please figure out how much has been packaged so far. From there, we will make it possible to distribute it as soon as possible.”
“All right. It feels like a kind of pre-release limited edition.”
“yes. However, you should not increase the price. Well···. I have a good idea.”
“What is it?”
“Set a date for unveiling the first packaging, and sell it directly on a first-come, first-served basis.”
Smith looked like he didn’t know what he was talking about.
“And let’s do an event where the first buyer gets an Alienware 94. And for the second and third buyers, please prepare appropriate gifts.”
“Why do you have to go that far?”
“This is going to be a big topic soon. It will work much better than most marketing.”
Smith thought for a moment, then nodded.
“All right. Let’s proceed like that.”
“good.”
The marketing strategy Hoyoung just talked about was later used by cell phone carriers and manufacturers alike.
Newspapers and broadcasts used to make headlines about people waiting for several days in order to buy a new mobile phone, sometimes pitching a tent.
Hoyoung felt a kind of pride.
It was the pride of having everything turn out the way he thought.
“Senior Jin-chan. How is the reaction in Korea?”
“haha. When did you ask? My mouth is itching to speak quickly.”
“why?”
Lee Jin-chan said with a deep smile.
“Korea is more chaotic. I never thought it would be so different from the 1990s. Is it because of the internet? It makes me wonder how the news spread so quickly. Do you even know what they say?”
“What do you say?”
Hoyeong burst into tears at the last words.
“We, H&H, are promoting national prestige. It is the pride of Korea.”
