My Return to Life

Sunday, August 8.

In the Chinese cultural circle, the number 8 always has a beautiful meaning.

The choice of 8.8 to officially launch the highly anticipated 'Nuwa' smartphone operating system is also based on this beautiful meaning.

And as it happens, today is Sunday.

In comparison, most people will have a certain amount of time to fiddle with their smartphones.

because……

People with smartphones are more or less exposed to trendy ideas.

We must know that there are very few options in the domestic smartphone market.

First of all, iPhone4 users who want to completely open the era of smart phones are excluded.

Because this mobile phone has not yet been sold in China, and the price is not low.

There are even fewer options left.

As early as the beginning of the "Nuwa" project, Xiaomi determined the main support model, that is, the model under htc.

It is equivalent to shrinking the audience circle by circle before it is officially launched.

It can be said that it is not conducive to development.

But this is also a no-brainer.

Xiaomi has limited energy.

This is why Lei Jun so firmly proposed that Fang Nian be the speaker of the 'Nuwa' alliance.

He just wanted to use Fang Nian's power to develop and grow 'Nu Wa'.

However, in such things as cooperation, each has its own interests, and it is impossible to talk about who is cheating the other for the time being.

In the long run, Fang Nian knew very clearly that he had obtained a golden rooster.

The possibility of playing waste is relatively small.

It is nothing more than seeing whether the frontier can withstand the huge investment in the early stage and the foreseeable big loss...

... ten o'clock in the morning.

In the frontier Nuwa system laboratory, hundreds of people perform their duties and are so busy that they fly.

Lin Bing also came to the laboratory ahead of time,

Sit in town the whole time.

The handover only started yesterday. Strictly speaking, it is not Xiaomi assisting Frontier, but Frontier needs the cooperation of Xiaomi.

Later, Fang Nian also came to the laboratory.

He drew a chair and sat next to Lin Bing, and said with a smile, "Bin has worked hard."

"No, no." Lin Bing smiled slightly, "Mr. Fang is here anyway."

Fang Nian replied: "Just take a look, how is the situation?"

Lin Bing sorted it out a bit, and said simply: "The initial handover efficiency is quite high. Currently, the domain name has been redirected to the address of the laboratory, and the resources on the server have also been migrated to the server of the laboratory."

After a short pause, Lin Bing smiled: "Speaking of which, it has an extra layer of protection compared to the official launch in Xiaomi."

"If the link or other failures occur on the laboratory side, you can switch to Xiaomi at any time, because it is temporarily a remote disaster recovery architecture."

Hearing this, Fang Nian said in a casual tone: "Is it true that a small site like the Nuwa Forum doesn't need to consider the disaster recovery structure at all?"

"Yes, because the site usually has a small number of visits, and the data real-time requirements are extremely low, so there is no need to waste resources." Lin Bing replied with a nod.

"..."

They chatted one after another.

In a flash it was lunch time.

When it is about to be officially launched, everyone is not in the mood to eat and drink, that is, to eat a business work meal.

Although currently, to the outside world, 'Nuwa' is not worth mentioning at all.

Not much inventory has been scheduled yet.

It is even foreseeable that there will be no audience.

But after all, this is the "core" that is valued at 200 million US dollars.

Both Lin Bing and Fang Nian will take it for granted.

As for not being fully engaged in the past few days, it is also very simple. Xiaomi has already made all preparations for the official launch.

Fang Nian has always liked to prepare with multiple hands.

If Xiaomi was not prepared, Fang Nian would not be willing to take over.

This is also the reason why Lei Jun didn't call to urge him in the past few days, but he was also worried, which is why Lin Bing came to Shencheng suddenly.

…………

After lunch, Guan Qiuhe, Lu Weiyu, Wen Ye, Lin Bing, Guan Yingzhi and others entered their respective roles.

Nuwa. has released a preview of the launch.

Including Jifeng Forum and other places, a small amount of worthless advertisements were also placed.

Some of the more active smartphone enthusiasts have taken note of the information.

You can even see a few related discussion posts.

"Nuwa Forum launched an important content online announcement, does anyone know what it is?"

"After three or four months, the Nuwa Forum has released new news. There is a high probability that the previous ROM called 'Nuwa' will be officially launched." ①

"It's really not impossible."

"It's a pity that I couldn't catch up with the first batch of 123 volunteers to recruit, and I didn't go to play later."

"After all, it is a domestic ROM. It is said that it does not support the installation of apk software. If you don't sign up as a volunteer, it will be difficult to do it. It is difficult to get effective guidance even if you go to the forum."

"Yes, this new bag is very risky, and it will be bricked if you are not careful."

"I thought 'Nuwa' was out of business, but I didn't expect it to come out again."

"Speaking of which, 'Nuwa' is quite easy to use, better than Android or even Apple, with excellent smoothness, but I don't know why I didn't do it."

"..."

Whether it is China or the world, the application ecology is far from perfect.

Although both the Android community and the Apple community claim that there are hundreds of thousands of applications, most of them are repetitive and invalid applications, and most of them are works of interest.

For many people, a mobile phone only needs to have:

It is enough to browse the web, chat on QQ, make phone calls, send text messages, take pictures, and play Tetris games.

At most, I also want to have a long standby time.

At least the domestic market environment is still like this.

After all, now is exactly the time when counterfeit machines are rampant.

There are few choices of smartphones, and the prices start at three to five thousand, which is not the most mainstream choice.

So, in such a period.

Launch a ROM, whether it is an Android-based UI or a self-developed system, there are enthusiasts who are willing to try it.

Because the convenience that can be experienced after the application ecology is perfected is far from being popularized.

Even Apple's App Store ecology based on iOS will be replaced by two words when it enters the country——

prison Break.

There should not be too many Apple jailbreak lights that can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

This phenomenon will not start to gradually decrease until at least after 2012...

At the beginning of 1 o'clock, Lin Bing gave orders again.

"Do a flash test again from the beginning."

"Check the network communication again."

"Check the background of the forum again..."

"..."

The employees of Xiaomi and the laboratory are carrying out the final verification work in an orderly manner.

Even if this is the third time today.

But everyone has no complaints.

It is the basic process to eliminate all possible accidents before going online.

It's better than being in a hurry after all kinds of accidents after going online.

Besides Lin Bing, even Lu Weiyu was busy.

Only Fang Nian looked left and right, and found that he didn't need to do anything.

Needless to say.

He was so happy and leisurely, he murmured in his heart: "That's great!"

…………

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August 8, 2010 at 14:08.

The 'Nuwa' smartphone operating system was officially launched on the Nuwa Forum.

There is no overwhelming publicity, and it goes online in a low-key and calm manner.

It is only launched for the system at the user level, without any interface documentation.

Including the time Fang Nian smeared honey on his mouth before, Xiaomi actually did not officially launch the official documentation in the end.

But it's not that nothing has improved in the past few months, let alone nothing has been done.

But at yesterday's meeting, the engineers of the laboratory and Xiaomi Fang finally unanimously decided to delay the launch of the official documentation.

The important reason is...

Xiaomi Fang's most powerful engineer recognized the team leader of the laboratory stable version team.

It is said that the team leader taught him computer systems.

Is a well-known big cow.

Even Lin Bing knew this person.

It's called Wu Sanshi.

But Fang Nian didn't have any impression of this name, whether it was in this life or the previous life.

Even in his previous life, he had been in the code farming industry for many years.

Maybe this is why the times always bury some talents.

After all, from the beginning of the century to the present and the future, fewer and fewer people will be interested in developing an operating system.

The team leader Wu Sanshi believes that with the expansion of the development team and the support of research groups from universities in China, it is entirely possible to wait for a thorough understanding of the system core and brainstorming before making a decision.

After all, it is very likely that the existing kernel framework will be adjusted to achieve better compatibility and extensibility.

It may even re-determine the application framework development language.

As for the documentation, it is not difficult to adjust because there are many people and strength.

Fang Nian also agrees with a certain sentence of Wu Sanshi's opinion:

The core kernel should be as streamlined and efficient as possible, and it is best to reach the point where Linux has less than 10,000 lines.

It's quite pragmatic, and I didn't say beyond this kind of word...

…………

With the passage of time, the officially launched "Nuwa" began to be downloaded by users gradually.

The speed is always tepid.

1, 3, 6, 11...

Fang Nian didn't feel anything special.

At least according to this growth rate, it is easy to break through 123 times.

And as long as someone goes to the forum to promote it, the original 123 users should all participate again soon.

after all……

A long time ago, Fang Nian told Lei Jun that the forum IDs of these 123 volunteer users were displayed on the startup page animation after the flashing was successful.

as an interactive return.

This is a proven solution.

At 14:21, the number of downloads suddenly 'increased'.

In the blink of an eye, it broke through 100 copies, followed by 120 copies, 150 copies...

There are discussion threads in the forum.

"Wow, can I say that I was surprised? I read the manual and said that there was a surprise, but I didn't think it had anything to do with me. I didn't expect to see my ID right after I turned it on. Thank you!"

"I think, I've become a loyal user of this ROM."

"..."

"This ROM has better fluency than before, and the experience is much better."

"I still encountered a bug accidentally, but it didn't cause a crash. If I frantically press the dial pad and then dial out, it will cause serious freezes, and the call function will automatically exit..."

"..."

"I'm really concerned about an item in the documentation: According to user feedback, the version is updated every Sunday. Is it true?"

"Updated every week, I'm looking forward to it!"

"Is it okay to ask any questions, I want to play a little game."

"I'm kind of looking forward to the follow-up development version."

"..."

Although it seems that the forum is a bit hot, in fact, the total number of users of the official version of "Nuwa" has just exceeded 200.

It's just because some excited enthusiasts sent a lot of posts in one go.

To the embarrassment of all the engineers present at Xiaomi + Lab, the first bug came so quickly!

Just pressing the dial keypad to dial out will cause the call function to crash and exit.

It was a slap in the face on the spot.

The handover process was officially launched yesterday. After seeing such a scene, the R\u0026D personnel on both sides quickly returned to their workstations without telling anyone, and tapped on the keyboard.

Fang Nian didn't know whether they were in a hurry to fix the bug or did something else.

Anyway, it's pretty good for each of them to perform their duties.

The laboratory needs such an atmosphere.

Proactive, diligent and practical, cutting-edge advanced.

…………

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the number of users of the official version of the 'Nuwa' system exceeded 300.

It is almost the expected value, and it is a bit cold.

Since there will be no new marketing or advertising, it will all be research and development.

Fang Nian left the laboratory with Lin Bing.

A few simple greetings.

Lin Bing said with a smile: "President Fang, I have to rush back to attend the company's regular meeting tomorrow, so I will take my leave first."

"Boss Bin has worked hard this trip. Xiaomi has been busy recently, so I won't keep you any longer." Fang Nian smiled and said, "I'll ask the driver to take you to the airport."

Lin Bing expressed his gratitude, but did not reject Fang Nian's kindness.

Before leaving, I sent a blessing: "I wish 'Nuwa' will develop better and better under the leadership of the frontier."

"That's natural." Fang Nian said easily.

"..."

Not long after Lin Bing was sent off by the driver from Dangkang Games, Fang Nian got into the Mercedes-Benz Big G and headed back to Junting.

Guan Qiuhe followed closely behind.

Wen Ye and Gu Yu followed.

And Liu Xiren is in Junting.

But this is the last day that Liu Xi needs to help Fang Xin.

Although things will get busier in the future, Fang Nian will be much freer in time.

After all, it doesn't mean that you need to go to the scene for all specific affairs.

In the past two days, it has been quite an exception in terms of the laboratory.

It also shows from the side that Fang Nian attaches great importance to the Nuwa System Laboratory...

…………

After arriving at Junting, after a short rest, Fang Nian invited everyone to enter the spacious study on the first floor.

Enough to seat this many people without being crowded.

Fang Nian sat behind the desk.

Looking at the Yingying Yanyan in the hall, a thought suddenly flashed in Fang Nian's mind.

Brother Wu Fucheng can no longer fish so easily, he has to increase the pressure and quickly pull him into the frontier system.

Now this is too yin and yang to decline!

There are many whispers in my heart.

"No matter how familiar a man is, it's not very good. Let's not talk about Annan, Zijing, Wang Jun and the others are not good, alas..."

"Maybe it's poisonous! I agree that a woman can hold up half the sky, it's too good!"

"Not to mention Liu Xi's irreplaceable 'rareness', Wen Ye and Gu Yu can't be replaced at all, just a few positions..."

"..."

These thoughts flashed through Fang Nian's mind.

He cleared his throat, and said calmly: "I have been in the laboratory for the past two days. The atmosphere is not bad, although it is far from the ideal laboratory."

"Wen Mi and Xiao Gu have done a good job."

After a short pause, Fang Nian changed the topic: "I thought about it, and I think that the laboratory and the university project team can try to cooperate in the form of an open source community."

"Because there will always be research that is temporarily useless, it is impossible for these research laboratories to pay;

If it is semi-open source, it can provide these research groups with a large number of opportunities for subject experiments, and it can also directly open up a green channel for the students of the research groups to the laboratory. "

After Fang Nian's words fell, everyone began to think.

Wen Ye was the first to speak: "Boss Fang, can we further refine and explore the direction of making better use of the technology reserves accumulated by colleges and universities."

"That's what I mean." Fang Nian affirmed.

"How does Mr. Guan feel about determining the cooperation charter based on this direction?"

Guan Qiuhe thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I have no objection, I will try my best to solve the problems in business negotiations."

Fang Nian glanced at Guan Qiuhe, and continued, "Then the rest is for Wu Sanshi to determine the scope of open source code, Xiaogu, you can do it."

"..."

Fang Nian also mentioned more specific arrangements for the laboratory.

For example, after handing over the code as soon as possible, Heli can judge whether the kernel framework needs to be modified in the shortest time.

Decide which development language to use for the application framework.

Publish the documentation as soon as possible.

These things will be settled soon.

Lu Weiyu, Wen Ye, and Gu Yu were responsible for the implementation respectively.

Among them, Mr. Lu, as the CEO of cutting-edge innovation, naturally bears the brunt.

And Guan Qiuhe withdrew from the previous leading role, and will use her best ability: negotiation.

Fang Nian...

Fang Nian thought that he should enjoy his married life a little bit, right?

…………

It was exactly five o'clock in the afternoon.

The total number of users of the official version of the "Nuwa" system exceeded 600.

Judging from the investment of promotional resources, the results are very gratifying.

Because there are not many people who can know it, and among those who know it, there are even fewer serious enthusiasts.

In the end, there are even fewer people who are willing to toss about flashing the machine.

Fang Nian vaguely remembered that Xiaomi also adopted the same process to promote MIUI step by step, but the growth of the number of users was much slower than now.

Therefore, Fang Nian, who was nestled on the sofa and swiped his phone, was very relieved to receive such news.

At least as far as he knows, through his own efforts, not only has the direction of Xiaomi's efforts been changed, but a brand new smartphone system called "Nuwa" has also appeared.

Even the "Nuwa" alliance, the cutting-edge Nuwa system laboratory.

And even so, after spending the same amount of time, he developed better under his influence.

That's a lot of fun.

And it is foreseeable that the current trend of the laboratory's continuous spread of its own information will have a deeper impact on high-level academic talents.

Fundamentally let more relevant practitioners emerge in the country.

Including system developers.

Also includes application developers.

only……

Fang Nian, who was playing with his mobile phone, soon saw some news on the Weibo platform.

A well-known public figure in some fields in China, Shi Ming, updated Weibo.

"Recently, I suddenly heard a big movement in the circle of colleges and universities. It is rumored that a certain company has set up a laboratory to develop a smartphone operating system and will invest 100 million.

Coincidentally, I saw the system go online in the afternoon. According to public information, there are currently less than a thousand users of the system. I really want to know where the 100 million funds come from and where they are spent. research? "

Fang Nian's happiness came to an abrupt end, like eating a fly.

The appearance of this person reminded Fang Nian of many very bad memories...

①: ROM: Read-only memory. In the period around 2010, flashing was very popular. Generally, flashing packages are called ROM packages. Most of the time, the system is directly called ROM.

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