The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

26. killing program

In human terms, the operating system is the torso.

However, people move directly, and the most used in real life is, of course, the arms and legs.

Arms and legs are applications here.

Normally, it is natural to fit the arms and legs to the torso, but in this market, it is also possible to fit the torso to the arms and legs.

“everyone. What do you think will be the main uses people will use computers for in the future?”

Hoyoung gathered the key members of H&H and started talking.

“Anyway… isn’t the main purpose of document creation and information storage?”

“I thought it would be education?”

After hearing the story, Hoyeong shook her head slightly.

“That’s right too. It’s not a false story. But the really key uses are yet to come.”

And I looked at Kim Jin-taek quietly.

Kim Jin-taek smiled as if he knew what he was trying to say.

“Is it a game?”

“you’re right.”

Jin-taek remembered Ho-yeong’s words when he first interviewed for a job at a computer research club and said that games were a comprehensive art.

It was impressive to think that I met someone who had similar thoughts to me during this time when I was not in favor of games.

“I think console games are the trend right now, right?”

As Jinchan said, the influence of 8-bit game consoles that began to appear in the early 1980s led to a renaissance in the console game world.

Nintendo was reigning as the strongest player in the console game world with Famicom and nes, and game consoles and game software such as Sega’s SG-1000 and Capcom’s Sweet Home were pouring in.

“In the future, the game market is expected to grow day by day. And for a while, the consoles will hold on to their dominant position as they do now. But a few years later it’s different. People will prefer a PC that has multiple functions and can even play games rather than a game machine that can only play games.”

Hoyoung’s words made sense.

In fact, when Hoyoung asked about the main uses of a computer, couldn’t he just name a few functions?

“The most important thing we should pay attention to here is ‘compatibility’.”

“compatibility?”

“yes. In the future, many interesting games will be released. The quality of games will increase, and more and more people will enjoy playing video games as a hobby. But what if a lot of Amman games are released? If it doesn’t run on our operating system, it has nothing to do with us.”

Among the people in the conference room, Hyungjin Woo nodded the loudest.

Hyungjin Woo, who is in charge of Hangul 2.0, recalled that he had a hard time converting Hangul 2.0 for DOS to Chronos.

“Then, shouldn’t we have to modify our operating system to run DOS programs? Like running DOS as an application program within the operating system…”

Hoyoung’s eyes twinkled at Woo Hyungjin’s question.

The method Hyung-jin just mentioned was the method Microsoft used when it released Windows 95 six years later.

Windows 3.1 was, strictly speaking, just a DOS application, so all the applications released up to that point were DOS-specific.

Microsoft, unable to unify compatibility for all application programs at once, released DOS with Windows 95 installed, contrary to the past.

This method worked in the end, and was one of the biggest ways to prevent compatibility chaos from happening.

“To be honest, the way the senior said a while ago is the correct answer. Running applications through DOS installed in Kronos. But that is impracticable.”

“Is it a question of whether Microsoft will let us use DOS?”

“Exactly.”

As Hyungjin Woo said, Microsoft was the biggest problem.

The chances of Microsoft giving DOS to H&H, which had a high possibility of cutting DOS’s share in the operating system market, were extremely slim.

“Then how about doing this?”

Kim Won-sik, who had been thinking quietly, opened his mouth.

“First of all, it is certain that Kronos is a superior operating system to DOS. Resource management, GUI, etc… However, if the programs we have been using so far are a problem, wouldn’t it be possible for us to make substitutes for those programs?”

“Are we making it?”

“Like it or not, the 350,000 computers entering Korea are Dell computers, and the operating system is Kronos. What if we made the most used program better with our own power, installed and distributed in the first place? Do you really want to leave that program and use a DOS program?”

Everyone nodded their heads at Wonshik’s words.

Fortunately, at present, the number of programs that users mainly use has been significantly reduced.

“Then, shouldn’t we first check what kind of program we should put in so that people won’t feel uncomfortable?”

“no. I don’t think we need to check that.”

Then Hoyeong said firmly.

Naturally, everyone focused their attention on Hoyoung.

“As you said, it is a good idea for us to create a program and distribute it along with the operating system. However, we do not have hundreds of people now, and even if we do, we cannot afford many programs.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

“Word processors and spreadsheets. And only one game. Just focus on these three things.”

“Then what about the other programs? And how are you going to play the game?”

Everyone was taken aback by Hoyoung’s words.

Hoyoung smiled and said as if he knew how to make such faces.

“That’s the program company’s job, not ours.”

“What?”

“If Chronos’ market share continues to grow to a level that cannot be ignored, developers will of course have no choice but to make programs for Chronos. Of course, it is natural to distribute development tools for Chronos in advance.”

“ah! Is that why you put so much effort into the SDK (Software Development Kit)?”

Hoyoung nodded.

“Wait, shouldn’t we increase our market share first? To increase its market share, applications must be compatible with the operating system. Isn’t this a question of which came first, the chicken or the egg?”

Kim Jin-taek’s point was sharp.

This was also a question everyone was feeling.

“There is something called a killer program.”

“killer? A killing program?”

“If I had to translate it into Korean, it means ‘killing’ program. If you focus on a few programs that only run on Kronos and make a fortune, people will buy computers with Kronos to use them.”

Some of them seemed to have already realized something at Hoyoung’s additional explanation.

“I think the three programs I mentioned earlier will do the job of a killer program. First of all, the word processor already has Hangul 2.0. Right now, Hangeul 2.0 has only fallen behind in recognition, but I am proud to say that it was much better than Microsoft’s Word in terms of completeness and extensibility.”

At Hoyoung’s words, everyone sent sympathetic eyes.

They showed pride in the program they created.

“And spreadsheets. This spreadsheet is the most used program on office computers in the United States. Currently, Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft’s Excel are showing a strong system.”

“Are you Microsoft again?”

At someone’s complaint, Hoyoung grinned and continued talking.

“I think if we focus, we can create better spreadsheets than Excel or Lotus. No, to be honest, you only need to make a similar level program. Because we plan to sell it by linking it to Kronos.”

“If you buy a computer with Kronos installed, a quality spreadsheet comes with it for free?”

“Exactly.”

At Hoyoung’s words, Kim Wonsik unknowingly slaps his thigh as if all his questions had been resolved! hit

“And finally the game.”

Hoyoung looked at Jintaek Kim again.

“The story went round and round, and in the end we came here. Now Jintaek-senior has to leave the Kronos development team.”

“I? why me?”

“Senior, please start making a game today.”

“game? suddenly?”

“yes. Games are at the heart of our plan.”

Jin-chan recalled a conversation he had with Ho-young a few days ago.

Hoyoung said that when hiring employees again, the game development department should be established, and Jintaek should be the head of the game development department.

Jin-chan, now completely trusting Ho-yeong, accepted Ho-yeong’s suggestion and decided to do so.

It felt like all the unanswered questions had been answered.

“Even if I was suddenly asked to make a game, what kind of game would it be…”

“Isn’t there anything you’ve been thinking about?”

At Hoyeong’s words, Kim Jin-taek fell into trouble for a while.

After thinking for a while, Kim Jin-taek finally opened his mouth.

“It’s not like I wasn’t thinking about it.”

“Oh, what is it? tell me quickly.”

Lee Jin-chan also pushed Jin-taek to see if he was interested.

“Have you tried ‘The Legend of Zelda’ on the Famicom?”

“The Legend of Zelda? I’ve never played it myself, but I’ve seen it played, so I know what kind of game it is.”

“Like that, you manipulate the character to catch the monster, and when you catch the monster, items come out, and the level goes up.”

Hoyoung listened to Jintaek’s words.

Was the legendary game ‘Lines’ something Jintaek had been thinking about since his college days?

“But there are too many things like holding a dragon in a medieval setting.”

“right?”

“So I thought about it. What kind of material is Korean and yet interesting?”

“Are you thinking about anything?”

“I thought of the old days of the Three Kingdoms.”

Hoyoung naturally thought that something related to Linez would come out of Jintaek’s mouth.

But the Three Kingdoms era, it’s like…

“It is a story of Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla eras. The main character travels around the Korean Peninsula during the Three Kingdoms period, inheriting the abilities of the Four Gods, that is, the Blue Dragon, the White Tiger, the Jujak, and the Hyeonmu…”

Hoyoung was surprised.

The game we are talking about must have been ‘Legend of the Wind’.

As far as Hoyoung knows, Legend of the Wind is Korea’s first MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game).

It wasn’t a single game, and the person who made it wasn’t Kim Jin-taek.

“senior! Did you think of that by yourself? Did you come up with the idea together with someone else?”

At Hoyoung’s question, Jintaek gave a slightly surprised expression.

“how did you know? I thought about it with two juniors from my department…”

“Who are those two juniors?”

“There are two smart people in the class of 86. I’m definitely older than you. Kim Joo-jung and Song Gyeong-tae…”

“Oh My God!”

Hoyeong made a loud noise without even realizing it.

“why? What is it? do you know them both? what happened?”

“Oh, no. I don’t know personally, but I heard rumors that there are two great seniors.”

“I thought that their development skills were as good as ours, but are they that famous?”

Hoyoung almost burst into laughter.

Of course I knew about them.

They were two of the candidates Hoyoung tried to approach when he returned last year.

However, since they began their full-fledged activities after the early 1990s, they excluded and approached Kim Jin-taek, who was making Hangeul.

“But would those two want to join our company?”

“haha. Something similar like that came up the other day, but both were positive.”

“Are you positive?”

“Right now, what the two of us want to do most is make games. So, he was contemplating whether he should get a job at a foreign company. If that doesn’t work, I guess I’ll consider going to graduate school.”

“Then we recruit them both.”

Song Gyeong-tae was a genius developer who developed not only the legend of the wind later, but also Linez with Kim Jin-taek, and Kim Jung-joo, starting with the legend of the wind, made various games one after another, and became a ‘Nexen’ that is well-known in the world beyond Korea. was the founder of

‘If you succeed in recruiting these two people, it’s no different from taking over the Korean game world in the 90’s. Not only in Korea, but also in the world!’

Hoyoung looked at Jintaek and smiled with satisfaction.

Pumpkins come in whole vines, no, talented people come in whole vines.