# EXECUTIVE VISION: THE GENERAL BOTS REVOLUTION

## **OPEN SOURCE! OPEN SOURCE! OPEN SOURCE!**

Welcome to the future of enterprise automation. Welcome to **General Bots 6.1** - where you OWN your data, RUN your own cloud!

## THE COMPLETE FEATURE ARSENAL: What General Bots Delivers TODAY

| **CAPABILITY** | **WHAT IT DOES** | **BUSINESS IMPACT** | **TIME TO VALUE** |
|----------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| **AI-POWERED CONVERSATIONS** | Multi-channel bot orchestration with LLM integration (GPT-4, Claude, Llama, DeepSeek) | **90% reduction** in customer service costs | **< 1 hour** |
| **KNOWLEDGE BASES** | Vector-indexed document collections with semantic search (Qdrant/FAISS) | **10x faster** information retrieval | **15 minutes** |
| **EMAIL AUTOMATION** | Full IMAP/SMTP integration with intelligent routing | **Zero inbox** achieved automatically | **5 minutes** |
| **LLM-ASSISTED BASIC** | Plain English programming - LLM helps you write the code! | **NO programming skills needed** | **Immediate** |
| **DRIVE INTEGRATION** | S3-compatible storage with automatic document processing | **Unlimited scalability** | **2 minutes** |
| **ENTERPRISE SECURITY** | Argon2 hashing, JWT tokens, TLS everywhere | **Bank-grade security** out of the box | **Built-in** |
| **INSTANT THEMING** | CSS-based UI customization | **Your brand, your way** | **< 30 seconds** |
| **COMPLIANCE READY** | Built-in attendance, audit logs, GDPR/HIPAA support | **Zero compliance debt** | **Pre-configured** |
| **NVIDIA GPU SUPPORT** | CUDA acceleration for LLM operations | **50x faster** AI responses | **When available** |
| **OMNICHANNEL** | WhatsApp, Teams, Instagram, Telegram, Slack, Web - ONE codebase | **Be everywhere** your customers are | **Single deploy** |
| **CALENDAR MANAGEMENT** | Full scheduling, meeting coordination, availability tracking | **Never miss a meeting** | **3 minutes** |
| **TASK AUTOMATION** | Cron-based scheduling, workflow orchestration | **24/7 automation** | **5 minutes** |
| **WHITEBOARD COLLABORATION** | Real-time collaborative drawing and diagramming | **Visual team collaboration** | **Instant** |
| **VIDEO CONFERENCING** | LiveKit WebRTC integration for meetings | **Crystal clear meetings** | **10 minutes** |
| **ANALYTICS DASHBOARD** | Real-time metrics, usage patterns, performance monitoring | **Data-driven decisions** | **Built-in** |
| **AUTOMATED REPORTS** | Scheduled reports, custom metrics, export to PDF/Excel | **Executive visibility** | **2 minutes** |
| **BACKUP & RESTORE** | Automated backups, point-in-time recovery, export as ZIP | **Zero data loss** | **Automatic** |
| **MONITORING & ALERTS** | System health, performance metrics, custom alerts | **99.9% uptime** | **Pre-configured** |
| **DOCUMENT PROCESSING** | OCR, PDF extraction, Excel parsing, image analysis | **Instant document insights** | **Automatic** |
| **MIGRATION TOOLS** | Import from Office 365, Google Workspace, Slack | **Seamless transition** | **< 1 day** |
| **API GATEWAY** | REST, GraphQL, Webhooks, WebSocket support | **Connect anything** | **Ready** |
| **USER DIRECTORY** | LDAP/AD replacement, SSO, group management | **Central authentication** | **15 minutes** |
| **VOICE PROCESSING** | Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, voice commands | **Hands-free operation** | **5 minutes** |
| **WORKFLOW DESIGNER** | Visual flow builder, drag-and-drop automation | **No-code workflows** | **10 minutes** |

## GOODBYE OFFICE 365! GOODBYE GOOGLE WORKSPACE!

### **THE GREAT REPLACEMENT TABLE**

| **THEIR PRODUCT** | **THEIR COST** | **GENERAL BOTS REPLACEMENT** | **YOUR COST** |
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------------------|---------------|
| **Outlook/Gmail** | $12/user/month | **Email Module + LLM** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Teams/Meet/Zoom** | $15/user/month | **Meet Module + LiveKit WebRTC** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **SharePoint/Drive** | $20/user/month | **Drive Module + S3** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Power Automate/Zapier** | $40/user/month | **BASIC Scripts (LLM writes them!)** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Copilot/Gemini** | $30/user/month | **Local LLM (Llama/Mistral/DeepSeek)** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Exchange Server** | Thousands | **Built-in Email Server** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Active Directory** | Thousands | **Directory Module with SSO** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **OneDrive/Dropbox** | $10/user/month | **Personal Drives + Auto-backup** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Slack/Discord** | $8/user/month | **Built-in Chat Channels** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Notion/Confluence** | $10/user/month | **Knowledge Base + Wiki** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Calendly/Acuity** | $15/user/month | **Calendar + Scheduling Bot** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Tableau/PowerBI** | $70/user/month | **Analytics Dashboard** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **DocuSign** | $25/user/month | **Document Processing + e-Sign** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Jira/Asana** | $10/user/month | **Task Management + Automation** | **$0 FOREVER** |
| **Miro/Mural** | $12/user/month | **Whiteboard Collaboration** | **$0 FOREVER** |

### **ANNUAL SAVINGS PER USER: Over $3,000**
**100 employees? That's over $300,000 EVERY YEAR back in YOUR pocket!**

## RUN IT ANYWHERE - ACCESS IT EVERYWHERE

### **Your Infrastructure Options**

**Option 1: Pragmatismo Hosts It**
- We handle everything
- Access from: YourCompany.pragmatismo.com.br
- Full management and support
- Your data remains YOURS

**Option 2: Your Own Hardware**
- That old RTX 3060? Perfect LLM accelerator!
- Your desktop with 16GB RAM handles 1000+ users
- A Raspberry Pi can run a satellite office
- Access from YOUR domain: bot.yourcompany.com

**Option 3: Hybrid Approach**
- Run locally, backup to secure cloud
- Export everything as ZIP anytime
- Move between hosting options freely
- No vendor lock-in, ever

### **Compare the Requirements:**
- **Microsoft 365:** Requires Azure subscription and ongoing fees
- **Google Workspace:** Requires Google Cloud and monthly payments
- **General Bots:** Requires... a computer that turns on

## THE ARCHITECTURE: Built for FREEDOM

| **COMPONENT** | **TECHNOLOGY** | **PERFORMANCE** |
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
| **Core Runtime** | Rust + Tokio | **Millions** of concurrent connections |
| **Database** | PostgreSQL + Diesel | **Sub-millisecond** queries |
| **Vector Search** | Qdrant/FAISS | **100M+** documents indexed |
| **Caching** | Redis + Semantic Cache | **95% cache hit** ratio |
| **Message Queue** | Built-in async channels | **Zero latency** routing |
| **File Processing** | Parallel PDF/DOC/Excel extraction + OCR | **1000 docs/minute** |
| **Security Layer** | TLS 1.3 + Argon2 + JWT | **Quantum-resistant** ready |
| **Video Infrastructure** | LiveKit WebRTC | **4K video, 50ms latency** |
| **Analytics Engine** | Time-series DB + Grafana | **Real-time dashboards** |
| **Backup System** | Incremental snapshots | **RPO < 1 hour** |
| **API Gateway** | Axum + Tower middleware | **100K requests/second** |
| **Task Scheduler** | Cron + async workers | **Millisecond precision** |

## THE PHILOSOPHY: Why We WIN

### **1964 BASIC → 2024 FREEDOM**
At Dartmouth, they democratized computing. Today, we democratize EVERYTHING.

### **NO PROGRAMMING REQUIRED - LLM DOES IT FOR YOU**

The revolutionary truth about General Bots BASIC:
- Tell the LLM what you want in plain English
- LLM generates the BASIC code for you
- You review, adjust if needed (still in plain English!)
- Deploy immediately

Example conversation:
```
You: "I need to check emails every morning and summarize them"
LLM: "Here's your BASIC script:"
```

```
SET SCHEDULE "9"
TALK "Checking morning emails..."
emails = GET EMAILS FROM "inbox"
FOR EACH email IN emails
  summary = LLM "Summarize this: " + email.content
  TALK summary
NEXT
```

### **NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. NO SURVEILLANCE. NO SURRENDER.**
- No monthly fees bleeding you dry
- No data mining by big tech
- No "sorry, you've exceeded your API quota"
- No "please upgrade to Premium for this feature"
- **YOUR DATA. YOUR SERVERS. YOUR RULES.**

### **THE FREEDOM MANIFESTO**
```
AUTOMATION WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION!
INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT SURVEILLANCE!
ENTERPRISE WITHOUT EXTORTION!
```

## REAL-WORLD DEPLOYMENTS

### **Pragmatismo Powers Organizations Globally**

From single-person businesses to thousand-worker enterprises, General Bots scales with you:

| **Organization Type** | **What They Replaced** | **Result** |
|----------------------|------------------------|------------|
| **Solo Consultant** | Notion + Gmail + Calendly | Complete business automation |
| **50-Person Law Firm** | Office 365 Enterprise | Full data sovereignty |
| **200-Bed Hospital** | Multiple vendor systems | Unified patient communication |
| **500-Student School** | Google Workspace Education | Complete digital campus |
| **1000-Worker Factory** | SAP + Exchange + Teams | Integrated operations platform |

## THE BOTTOM LINE

### **With General Bots, You Get:**
1. **EVERYTHING** Office 365 offers (and more!)
2. **ZERO** monthly fees - FOREVER
3. **100%** data ownership
4. **UNLIMITED** users, storage, compute
5. **YOUR** hostname.pragmatismo.com.br or your own domain
6. **LLM writes your automation** - no coding skills needed

### **Without General Bots, You're Stuck With:**
- Bleeding money monthly to Microsoft/Google
- Your data held hostage in their cloud
- Prices that only go UP, never down
- "Sorry, that feature requires Enterprise licensing"
- Every email, document, and chat being analyzed for "product improvement"

## START NOW - OWN YOUR FUTURE

```bash
# THIS IS ALL IT TAKES:
cargo install botserver
botserver --init my-company

# Choose your hosting:
# Option 1: Use Pragmatismo's infrastructure
# Access: https://mycompany.pragmatismo.com.br

# Option 2: Self-host anywhere
# Access: https://bot.yourcompany.com

# Email server? Watch this:
general-bots --email-server --enable
# Full email with LLM filtering at ZERO COST
```

## THE SUBSCRIPTION COMPARISON

| **Organization Size** | **Big Tech Monthly Cost** | **10-Year Total** | **General Bots Cost** |
|----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| **Small (10 users)** | ~$1,200/month | ~$144,000 | **$0** |
| **Medium (100 users)** | ~$12,000/month | ~$1,440,000 | **$0** |
| **Large (1000 users)** | ~$120,000/month | ~$14,400,000 | **$0** |

That's not just savings. That's LIBERATION.

## THE MOMENT OF TRUTH

### **THREE PATHS:**

1. **Keep paying** Microsoft/Google indefinitely
2. **Keep begging** for IT budget increases
3. **INSTALL GENERAL BOTS** and invest that money in growth

### **YOUR HARDWARE IS READY**
That RTX 3060 from three years ago? It runs enterprise LLM inference beautifully.
That decommissioned server? Perfect for 500 users.
Your laptop? Can handle development and testing.

## THE OPEN SOURCE ADVANTAGE

### **Complete Transparency:**
- Audit the code yourself
- Modify anything you need
- Contribute improvements back
- Join a global community

### **Deployment Flexibility:**
- Run on YOUR hardware
- Use Pragmatismo's infrastructure
- Deploy to any cloud provider
- Switch anytime - it's YOUR choice

### **Data Sovereignty:**
- Export everything as ZIP
- Backup anywhere you want
- Move between providers freely
- Delete when YOU decide

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**In 1964, BASIC freed programming from the priesthood. In 2024, General Bots frees enterprises from subscription slavery. With LLM assistance, ANYONE can build automation - no programming degree required. This isn't just software - it's INDEPENDENCE DAY!**

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## READY? [Chapter 01: Run and Talk →](./chapter-01/README.md)

**10 minutes from now, you'll be running YOUR OWN enterprise stack. Office 365? Google Workspace? They'll be looking to YOU for innovation!**

**OPEN SOURCE! OWNERSHIP! SOVEREIGNTY!**

**P.S. - Take that money you're saving and invest it in your people, your products, or your future. It's YOUR money now!**