Quiet thoughts

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Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom.
At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt.
As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward.
College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft.
To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot.
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American History 1988

Dean had been at Stanford for less than a month, and he wasn't very familiar with the two professors in front of him.


But when they wanted to talk about software development, Dean didn't hesitate to agree.


"As you gentlemen can see, I am trying to combine instant messaging, file transfer, and voice communication into one software. This work might be complex, but I am confident I can complete it," he said.


"What about its design principle?" Winton began asking specialized questions as he stroked his chin.


"The end-to-end principle, based on the application layer design. Any terminal, meaning a computer, can install it. In this way, during the data exchange process, the network only plays the role of transmission, without altering its content."


"A wise choice," Winton said, a glint of appreciation in his eyes.


Chapter 98 The Untrodden Path