Quiet thoughts

```
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.
```

American History 1988

Although Miller had settled on a general funding arrangement for Byte Software with Morgan Tailer, there was still a process before Dean could actually get the money.


Morgan Tailer needed to prepare the contract and gather the funds, and Dean needed to get in touch again with other individuals or groups interested in Byte Software.


But before that, there was one more thing he had to do: turn in his homework.


He had promised Professor Knuth to submit the network interaction protocol by the end of the month, and now there was less than a week left, so Dean decided not to delay any longer.


"Professor Knuth, according to the list you gave me last time, I've included all of them in the scope of the protocol."


"Good," Knuth said, nodding in satisfaction as he took the floppy disk from Dean, "After the technical verification in March, I can ask around about the Compuserve company for you."


Chapter 128: Successive Visits