It was a little cloudy for our first day in Prague and about the same temperature as in Vienna. We had to wake up pretty early and be ready to go around 8:15. From there we headed to our first tour in the Czech Republic and visited T-mobile. There are 10 million inhabitants in Prague and almost 6 million of them have T-mobile. This stat kind of amazed me because I have sprint and so do a lot of my friends back home so I do not think of T-mobile as being a phone company powerhouse. The European Union in 2008 decided to stop charging money for roaming data. This has caused a huge decrease in the T-mobile revenue and the phone market as a whole in the Czech Republic. They have had to adapt a lot to still be successful and work hard every day.
Once the visit was over we headed back to the hotel to get some food. We went to a random hotel restaurant on the main strip and I order the pork tenderloin. Something I have noticed in Europe is that the food at restaurants seem to be much healthier and is definitely a reason why there are so few obese people.
We then preceeded to go to another business tour to a company called Avast. Avast is an old word not used anymore meaning stop. It is fitting for the company as they are an antivirus company which stops viruses from infecting your computer. I learned that there are hundreds of thousands of viruses for PC's and only thousands for Macs. Avast sells free antivirus software along with a 40 dollar and 60 dollar package even though the speaker claimed that the free one is identical with the 40 dollar one. They do not market at all and just use word of mouth and rely on people to suggest using avast because of its superior protection. For every computer sold at certain stores like Best Buy with Avast installed, gives the company ten dollars. They also won a prize for being the best place to work at. The speaker said that it was very fun to work there because it is so relaxed and a fun environment. Right when we walked into the room the speaker pulled up a photo of some of us at a club that had been posted to the internet as a joke. He had also memorized all of our names and picked on Grant as an example of getting a virus. He chose to say Grant watched porn and got a virus and that once Avast detected one it would not let Grant go back to the site. The only future problem Avast foresees is that sometimes it can pick up a false positive which can ruin a computer. If there is a massive false positive issue then likely no one will use Avast anymore and the company will go out of business.
For dinner we went to a very good place and I ordered a burger which I have ordered a lot. Then we headed back because no one felt like going out. All in all, great first full day in Prague and I am looking forward to the days to come.
Sincerely,
Conner Dodge
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