America: The Godfather of Game Development
Chapter 463

One Press of This Key Means a Million Users, Minimum

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Compared to the original CVS, BVS has made a very significant improvement.

Atomization.

There will never be another story that's only half-finished.

It sacrifices twice the storage space in exchange for an absolutely secure solution.

It's either all successes or all failures.

"In the future, I also plan to add the ability to rename it, as CVS doesn't do a good job in this aspect."

Seeing that Lin Lixin seemed very interested in the project, Connor suddenly gained confidence and began to give a long and eloquent presentation.

In fact, this project is indeed running very well.

At least within the Nexus development team, everyone is very impressed with it and has already switched to BVS gear.

Of course, just in case, there is also a backup on the CVS side.

"Hmph... that's interesting."

Lin Lixin nodded, his eyes flashing. Although this thing was still very primitive, it already vaguely resembled a future SVN.

However, there is still a long way to go before we reach a game-specific version control system like Perforce or the ultimate solution like Git.

Thinking of this, Lin Lixin couldn't help but recall that remarkable person who was far away in Finland.

After a while, once the foundation for the operating system is fully developed, we might actually be able to poach them.

The libertarian pope who created Git and Linux, two ultimate tools in the computer world.

"This project is good. I'll write an application and submit it to Sam; he can just give me a permanent position."

Lin Lixin patted him on the shoulder with great satisfaction.

"Although there are still many areas that need improvement, let's leave it at that for the time being."

Actually, he didn't really intend to check the homework; he just wanted to see how good the other person's practical skills were.

Now it seems he's more than just an academic type with inflated stats but terrible actual combat skills.

"Hmm... You're quite proficient in C++ and N Language, can you write NovaScript?"

"Of course I can!" Just kidding, NovaScript is the foundation of Nexus, so naturally he wouldn't say he couldn't write it.

Moreover, from the very beginning, this language was designed to be very easy to use and learn.

Even if you don't know how, you can quickly get the hang of it after a day or two of practice.

"Okay, then how about this, you'll be in charge of writing the new email system?"

"Huh? Me?"

"Yes, but don't worry, I'll tell you what needs to be done and follow up throughout the process."

Maintaining the email system is a huge undertaking, and neither Lin Lixin nor Carmack can afford to tie themselves to this job forever.

We need to find a suitable person in charge to oversee the entire project.

Connor seems like a perfect fit.

"Gulp"

Connor swallowed hard, his hands and feet suddenly going numb.

It's like a skilled player with weak mental fortitude being watched while playing a game. Their normally smooth and fluid movements suddenly become distorted and inhuman when someone is watching.

"Come on, don't panic, let's take it one step at a time. Let's start by writing the web application..."

With Lin Lixin personally instructing them, there were naturally no difficult problems to overcome.

The entire project team immediately sprang into action, following his instructions step by step.

I've often heard that Mr. Lin is an all-rounder with no blind spots, but seeing is believing.

Now that he has the opportunity to work with him, Connor truly understands just how conservative those rumors and stories were.

In just two days, Lin Lixin led them to build a complete project from scratch.

A complete package! A full project!

A skyscraper rises from the ground!

"Boss, the testing team has sent back a message, just like you said, no problems at all! Both the front-end and back-end are running normally."

"Great! Let's double-check the email migration progress. Then we can officially stop using the old version." "Okay!"

Connor nodded excitedly.

Witnessing the birth of a project that is about to change the world, and even being deeply involved in it, is quite a rewarding experience.

"But boss, how are we going to promote the new email address? Should we release a promotional video to notify users? Or should we have our field team go door-to-door to promote it?"

"No, no, no! We're not going to use those pointless tricks."

Lin Lixin waved his hand, smiled mysteriously, and went to the computer.

"Brother, let me teach you a trick: what real marketing is. Let me see... Add a paragraph here, and then..."

"Slap"

He typed the last character, then looked at Connor, who was staring at him expectantly.

"If I told you that pressing this one button could bring us hundreds of thousands or even millions of new users every month, would you believe me?"

"Letter..."

"... Normally at this point you should say you don't believe me, never mind, whatever... off you go!" Slap!

March.

Simon sat upright in front of the computer, his hands moving so fast they were almost blurry, typing something rapidly on the keyboard.

This is what his job entails.

Every day, I send out various emails to the company's clients, whether it's Google promotions or after-sales inquiries.

It's common to send and receive hundreds of emails a day.

Fortunately, the company is quite understanding; the ISP they chose is Gamenova's Nexus, which has a very good email software and is updated frequently.

I previously made a request to optimize batch processing, and to my surprise, the development team responded within a few days and pushed out a related update.

This really helped him a lot.

"Um?"

Simon paused, because the email software was unusually lagging.

It's spinning in circles, indicating that it's being sent to the mail server.

While loading is necessary normally, it has never taken this long before.

"Could it be a problem with the network?"

After thinking for a moment, Simon picked up the telephone receiver on the table, intending to make an internal call to inquire about the situation.

However, before he could even dial, the email had already been successfully sent.

"Simply server overload?"

Shaking his head, Simon figured it wouldn't affect its use anyway, and quickly put the matter out of his mind.

What he didn't realize was that from that moment on, all the emails he sent had been switched to be sent via the new novamail by default.

At the same time.

Service department within a retail company.

Lance, responsible for receiving the files, stared at the endless loading screen, veins bulging on his forehead. What a stupid boss!

He has written countless times, urging the boss to switch the ISP to Nexus instead of that lousy, no-name company.

But the boss, wanting to earn subsidies from the state government, refused to change it no matter what.

Well...

Although most ISPs now actively connect to the backbone network, under the unified TCP/IP protocol, access to the World Wide Web will not be affected.

But the card was really stuck, so stuck that he wanted to smash the wall, so stuck that he wanted to pee.

What's the point of a network that lags even when sending and receiving emails?

"F**k!"

"Bite"

"Thank God!"

Lance breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly opened the email that had been painstakingly loaded.

As expected, it was a reply from the company I was dealing with; this was exactly what I was waiting for. "Just this little bit of content, and it took me half an hour... Damn it... Ugh!"

Lance scrolled to the end of the email and suddenly noticed a line of small print.

[get your free email at novamail]

Get your free email service from Nova Mail!

The line for novamail was highlighted in blue and underlined.

This is a symbol of hyperlinks, the underlying logic of the World Wide Web.

This means that clicking it will redirect you to the corresponding website.

"Free email?"

Lance was overjoyed, but before his excitement could subside, he suddenly sighed.

What's the use?

That stupid boss wouldn't use it.

Changing your email address means changing your ISP as well, since email service is strongly tied to your ISP. But since sending emails would take a few minutes anyway, and he had nothing better to do, he decided to try clicking on it and take a look.

The registration and login interface allows you to connect to the Nova All-in-One Card, or you can register first and then actively link it later if needed.

Lance had his own card and corresponding account, so he simply tried logging in with his own account.

But as soon as he entered, he was dumbfounded.

Inbox, compose a letter, drafts, sent items, contacts, mass mail...

Numerous functions are neatly arranged in a function bar on one side.

The main content area in the center is an empty list.

"Boo"

Just then, the list refreshed automatically and a new email popped up.

Welcome to novamail!

The main body of the email contained only usage instructions and information about Nexus; it was a standard welcome email.

But Lance was a bit confused. He hadn't installed any Novamail client on this computer, and the ISP wasn't even Nexus.

How did this email come about?

He now accesses the novamail website entirely through a browser.

This is... a completely web-based email service!

No need to buy software copies, no need to be tied to an ISP; as long as your computer can access the World Wide Web, you can use it!

[This email address supports automatic forwarding]

[Click "Settings" at the top > "Mail" > "Forwarding" to add a forwarding address]

[After this, new emails received by novamail will be automatically forwarded to the specified email address.]

Holy crap, that's incredible!

Which genius came up with this model?

I must immediately switch to the superior novamail and abandon those outdated old gadgets!

Web-based is good Civilization! "Web is f**king platform!"

This scenario is unfolding simultaneously across the United States.

From this moment forward, all emails sent by users already using the Nexus carrier network will have this suffix added by default.

Even users of other email providers will see that suffix if they receive emails from novamail.

Get your free email service with Nova Mail!

As its contents state.

Starting today, from this moment on, anyone with an internet connection and a browser can enjoy completely free email service!

It's no longer an expensive value-added service, nor is it a high-end gadget only used in enterprises.

Gamenova is the ruler of the world of Tamamo!

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