Time Travel: 2014 - Chapter 390

c390 Behind the star products

Lin Hui had thought about it before when developing the shortcut command software.

If Apple really acquires it, it will definitely require Lin Hui to carry out functional upgrades.

So when I was building the shortcut software earlier.

The main function of this software is to implement the required action modules/built-in operations.

Lin Hui only built 80 built-in actions at the time.

In fact, if Lin Hui wanted to just add built-in actions, he could have added more than fifty more.

Lin Hui couldn’t help but feel that his original decision was so foresight.

Under such circumstances, it is not easy to ask Lin Hui to continue to upgrade the functions of the shortcut command software.

Let alone a 40% increase in functionality, there is no problem if Lin Hui continues to increase it by more than 60% on this basis.

The final payment of US$10 million can be obtained by upgrading 40% of the functionality. This task is easy for Lin Hui.

If everything goes well, it can basically be done in one day.

The scalability upgrade is to generally combine Siri with the shortcut command software.

This involves the handover with Apple’s human-computer interaction team.

This is more troublesome.

Of course, if it were that easy, Apple wouldn’t charge $15 million for expansion upgrades.

This cost is equivalent to the sum of the costs required for adaptability upgrades and functional upgrades.

However, there is no rush at the moment when it comes to scalable upgrades.

When a tall building rises from the ground, the key is to lay a good foundation.

Lin Hui felt that he couldn’t aim too high for the time being, so it would be good to smoothly hand over the adaptability and functionality upgrades to Elizabeth Nice and her team.

After all, if you figure out these two upgrades, you will get nearly 100 million yuan (US$15 million).

Lin Hui happened to have nothing to do in the afternoon of June 28th.

So Lin Hui asked Elizabeth Nishi to contact him about adaptability upgrades and functional upgrades.

The handover location is still at the Northland International Conference Center.

The last time Lin Hui and Elizabeth Nishi had preliminary contact was at the Northern International Center.

The electronic equipment here is relatively complete, and there are also conditions for simultaneous interpretation.

Although Lin Hui can now handle some simple communication (with Wai Guoren).

Even forums outside the water wall don’t have any big problems.

But after all, it is a relatively formal handover link for foreign-related cooperation.

Lin Hui felt that it would be better to conduct the handover in a formal environment.

Pingchun probably thinks so too.

Therefore, this time it seems to Lin Hui and Eliza that no matter which time and space they are in, Apple is worthy of being one of the top Internet giants in Blue Star.

Even if time and space change, at least the background in software development is still there.

Although I often complained about Apple in the past, Lin Hui, the Apple team who handed over to Lin Hui this time, felt that it was pretty good.

At least his work efficiency still made Lin Hui silently praise him in his heart.

The team led by Elizabeth Nice still chose to contact here.

After all, this is not the first time we have contacted Apple.

Lin Hui and Elizabeth Nice’s team conducted a handover on the adaptability and functional upgrade of the shortcut command software.

Lin Hui originally thought that there would be some unexpected troubles in this cooperation.

But it turned out that Lin Hui thought too much.

The handover process was as smooth as eating Dove, everything went on in an orderly manner.

Heroes often think alike, and Elizabeth Nessie is not a hero.

But when Lin Hui was feeling emotional, Elizabeth Nice’s emotion was no less emotional than Lin Hui’s.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Elisabeth Nice was shaken from the past.

Why is this so?

It can only be said that I was scared of being tricked before.

In the past, Elizabeth Nish has also done many projects in collaboration with other teams.

There are always problems when it comes to handovers.

Even Elizabeth Nice often encounters problems of this kind when coordinating between some departments within Apple.

Not to mention the handover with some teams outside Apple.

Elizabeth Nice has handled foreign-related project handovers before.

In the past, these project handovers have allowed Elizabeth Nishi to get acquainted with the products developed by some entrepreneurial teams.

Although the products of these entrepreneurial teams are often very glamorous.

It is easy to make considerable investments by relying on excellent PPT.

But according to Elizabeth Nice, being able to receive investment only shows that these products can cater to investors’ vision.

This does not mean that its products are powerful.

Even judging from Elizabeth Nice’s past experience.

The functional novelty of software products is often negatively correlated with the reliability of the product’s technical strength.

The software functions sound more and more fancy.

The technical content of their products is often more rubbish.

In particular, some software projects that are touted as star products by the media or marketing departments are often failures.

Even saying it is Shishan is simply blasphemy.

For the acceptance of such star products, the receiving team is even more miserable.

Many times what is said to be product acceptance often turns into helping with debugging.

Normal debugging is painful enough, let alone debugging in the mountains.

In fact, he was appointed to be responsible for the reception of the shortcut command software.

Elizabeth Nice refused deep down.

Elizabeth Nish had learned about the shortcut software before.

The shortcut command software is characterized by functional diversity.

If you only look at the functions, at first glance, the Shortcut Command software looks a bit like a treasure chest or a collection of tools.

But after getting to know it more deeply, Elizabeth Nish discovered that functional diversity is just the surface of the shortcut command software.

The most intrinsic feature of shortcut software that attracts users or potential users is its “efficiency”.

Many operations that traditionally require many steps to complete on Apple mobile phones can be completed in two or three steps with the help of the “shortcut command” intermediary software.

This feature alone is enough to make Apple very interested.

At that time, many Apple’s technical executives were also surprised by such a software product that could “simplify system-level operating steps.”

Such a product is awesome!

In fact, Apple often has a long process to go through when making up its mind to acquire a piece of software.

However, after the technical staff explained the functions, there were few obstacles to the acquisition of the shortcut command software.

Not to mention, it makes no sense not to acquire system-level applications like this that can simplify the internals of Apple mobile phones.

And it must be taken down directly before this software is launched.

If we really have to wait until products like shortcut commands are launched and become widely known, wouldn’t it mean that Apple is slacking off in terms of system optimization?

A third-party software can simplify the steps of system-level operations.

It makes no sense that Apple officially has a bunch of system-level permissions but can’t simplify those very anti-human operations.

Acquisition, must be acquired.