Xtreme Approach
<Analysis Complete. Systems Online. The device is ready for use.>
It was still early and Lu Fan decided to do other things.
He had looked at the supercomputer for a while and he had realized the true terror of [Extreme Programming].
He did not take long to master the computer and its uses. And MIA was there to help.
MIA was an all-purpose basic operations artificial intelligence or a utility AI. It was like a basic operating system for the supercomputer but that was only true in the future.
With the current technology, there was no place that she could not access as long as it was connected to the internet.
And that was just because that was the limit of today's networking.
She could also wrestle control of satellites but Lu Fan did not need them at the moment. It would be better to pay for it than to use force.
He had just ordered MIA to connect to the Xtreme servers and take control of every operation. The staff there could only be used for maintenance from now on.
But that was not all, he had the AI analyze all the application software she could find online and do as much modification as the current technological level could allow.
This was to see how intelligent the AI was.
It took 10 minutes to do the collection and after an hour, all the modifications were complete.
All those software ranged from simple utility software to dedicated software.
It was a shame that the truly important software were not stored online. But that mattered little. If he wanted to snatch them, only those that were stored in devices without receivers and transmitters would be safe.
He had nothing to do and was rather interested in what MIA had changed. Looking through them, he noticed that MIA had basically created a more compact language that would run on all devices and systems.
It was better to say that she used the language he made as a reference and made a simpler and more structured version.
Using that language to reprogram and upgrade all the apps she could find, she compiled a library of the language and even inferred some pretty sick codes.
It was not an exaggeration to say that the language she put together could handle general programming for the next century and revolutionize technology.
To put it in another way, MIA forcefully raised the programming standards to level 3.
The planet could only provide level 2 equipment at best. With a level 3 programming language, it won't be wrong to say that the language could handle every device until space exploration is made possible.
And now with this, his threat would hold more water.
He had been speaking out of his ass previously when he said that he could make the technology public.
While it was possible, it was unrealistic and a waste of upgrade cards.
But with this programming language, it was possible to do more damage.
Well, it could not be 'damage' as the country would also get the same product, but they would lose the advantage.
Such an advantage would be huge especially if they mastered it before it had to be made public.
With a few brain wave instructions, MIA polished the whole file and the programming language was named Xtreme Programming Language.
The programming language could be kept as a card, but the apps were uploaded instantly.
In a minute, apps of all types appeared throughout the internet.
Every website had a small but eye-catching ad which led to the Xtreme App Store where all kinds of apps could be found.
The best thing was that they were all free.
This was MIA's work and Lu Fan loved her style.
He could see that several companies were trying to track her, only for MIA to use this opening to access their servers discreetly.
And Lu Fan did not stop it.
His actions had pissed a lot of people and it could be said that he had automatically become the enemy of every programmer and tech company out there.
The things released were not just cheap software like Candy Crush.
Even operating systems like Android and Windows were released with an Xtreme tag. All those apps that required servers were connected via MIA and the only solution would be to shut down whole servers.
But which company would want to do that?
And that was a last resort kind of thing. Right now, they were trying to track down the source and hack it. Maybe they could take control of that server and gain those apps.
As for copyrights and the like, it would take a long time to sue and by the time they won, the damage would be beyond repair.
They also had to collect evidence and find the owner of the Xtreme App Store.
At the moment, only two hundred thousand users have tried the Xtreme Email Service. And that was just trying.
It had pitiful traffic and nothing important was going on. If and when they manage to link those two together, it'd be too late.
And he had already asked Aria to prepare a team of lawyers for the Xtreme Companies. Xtreme Tech could fight them for at least a month and that was assuming that it was indeed a Plagiarism issue.
The original codes were no longer in the same language to begin with. How were they going to claim them?
And even the performance was leagues above the original. Who would side with them? But things were not that simple.
Some of these companies were giants that could shake a country. If Google, Microsoft, and Apple were to come forward at the same time, there was no saying what the effects would be.
But that was not his goal.
The main reason he allowed this to happen is to collect ransom.
He did not lack money, but he needed to do this.
There were many outcomes he was expecting and one of them is fame.
Xtreme Companies was new to the field. It would be foolish not to use such a method. He would indeed create enemies, but what of it? They were going to meet anyway, he might as well take the initiative.
And what he had released was not all that MIA had collected. The moment those guys started trying to track him, MIA had collected everything that she could find. Whether useful or not. Her storage was insane.
Those companies were not saints. If they got on his bad side, he did not mind having a public reveal.
And there were also products that had yet to hit the market.
If this information was revealed to their rivals, they would be finished.
The only option for those with brains would be to give in to Xtreme Companies and befriend them. At least on the surface.
This could be used to increase the reputation of Xtreme Tech.
In fact, calling it a ransom would be a mislabel. 'This is our product and we are selling it to you at a high price.'
This is the level of shamelessness one needs to thrive in the business world. Especially a monopoly area like the technological market.
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{Donate some power stones. Golden Tickets also work.
Heads up! Gonna go premium soon.}