The advent of microcomputers is actually not too long. It only began to sprout in the early 70s, and it was only in the mid-70s that it began to be truly commercialized.

Ten years ago, when microcomputers were just entering individual households, the annual production and sales of microcomputers were only tens of thousands of units.

In 76, Apple was also founded, launching the Apple II, a popular microcomputer, which expanded the microcomputer market to one million units a year later.

Because of the popularization of Apple II, the software market for microcomputers has also begun to enlighten. Office, finance, charts, and other applications that could only run on a minicomputer have been ported to microcomputers.

The success of the Apple II greatly stimulated IBM. After that, the PC was born. Because IBM did not realize the popularity of the PC, it initially opened up the technical standards, so that a large number of software and hardware manufacturers can develop products for the PC platform and enrich the PC ecology.

In the beginning, IBM sold BIOS motherboards, and the compatible machine manufacturer could purchase the necessary parts from other software and hardware manufacturers to build a compatible machine that was close to a PC. However, IBM later broke this tacit understanding and tried to develop a new platform, and the technology of the new platform was not disclosed to the public. As a result, the compatible machine manufacturer successfully cracked the original PC's motherboard BIOS program code, and after that, there was no need for IBM to point fingers. Relying on the original software and hardware suppliers of the PC, it is possible to bypass IBM and develop new PC-compatible machines on its own.

In the 86 years of history, although the PC camp has become the mainstream, due to the cost performance problem, the 286 is still the mainstream configuration, and the 386 has just been launched, and the annual sales volume is less than 10 million units.

However, due to the stimulation of Pangu computers, the price of PC compatible machines is also lower than in history, so the sales volume has also exceeded the original history. In 86 years, the annual sales have exceeded 20 million units.

Of course, the vast majority of PC sales are mainly in the European and American markets. In the global developing market, because users can afford the price lower, Pangu computer is still far ahead.

In terms of sales, Pangu computers may only be one-third the size of PCs. However, if you count the number of computer shipments, the Pangu console is expected to sell 18 million units this year, which is not much different from the shipment of more than 20 million units in the PC camp.

As far as the Chinese market is concerned, because of the advent of the Pangu computer, the annual shipment of the domestic microcomputer market has exceeded 1 million units in 86 years. Coupled with the cumulative shipments in the past few years, there are about 3.5 million microcomputers in China. Especially in Beijing, due to the concentration of government, colleges and universities, and scientific research units. The number of users of the microcomputer directly exceeded 500,000.

A large number of government agencies and units have popularized computer printing. Although it is not possible to have a printer for every computer, it is possible to have at least one printer in an office building. Although the printer is still imported equipment, the software used in printing is completely domestic.

From the point of view of application software, at present, there are few foreign software programs on domestic Pangu computers, and the commonly used software is basically all domestic.

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Lin Qi took a look at Zhongguancun and was surprised to see that not only were there hundreds of computers sold on the entire street, but even professional software sales stores had appeared.

"How much is the Pangu System CD?" Lin Qi asked curiously.

"Five bucks!" said the owner of a software store, putting down the gamepad in his hand, pausing the game on the computer screen.

"Is it genuine?" asked Lin Qi.

"Can there be piracy?" said the boss of the age in surprise, "So to tell you, the wholesale price is 4 yuan for genuine system disks, and the general price is 5 yuan." The system disk must be purchased when it is purchased. Wholesale 20 other disks, you must enter a system disk. ”

"What about this "Legend of Sword and Fairy" game disc?" Lin Qi asked.

"18 yuan, the domestic simplified version of the special. The boss continued, "The domestic version is cheaper than the Hong Kong version and the other overseas versions!"

"Is it genuine?" Lin Qi said curiously.

"How can it be piracy?" the software store owner said annoyedly, "I tell you, this street can't be completely free of piracy." However, those who open stores like ours are ready to do business for a long time, and there can be no piracy. If there is piracy, just call the anti-piracy working group, and the fine for one piracy copy is 10 times, and the fine for one counterfeit copy is 10 times. If you find more than 100 pirated copies, you will not only be fined, but you will also close the store directly, do you know?"

Soon the tour guide who accompanied Lin Qi began to introduce: "In June this year, the State Council issued a special policy to protect intellectual property rights, especially those in the computer industry. The crackdown on piracy in the software market is very strict, especially in Zhongguancun, which has set up a special anti-piracy working group, and the streets are full of telephones. Not only focus on the crackdown, but also, hold a prize. It can be said that here in Beijing, we may buy pirated books and pirated tapes, but we will never buy pirated software CDs!"

Lin Qi nodded and said with a smile: "This policy is very good, if you stick to it for a long time, the domestic computer software industry will be promising!"

"Who's to say it's not?" laughed the guide.

Historically, in the early days of computer software in China, pirated software was everywhere. In addition to the fact that the price of imported software is too expensive, there is another key factor, those software are not developed for Chinese users at all, and even the most basic sinicization is not available.

Many users in China can't understand the bird language when they buy the genuine version, and they can't use it at all. I had to buy a cracked version of the software.,In order to use it normally.。

At present, most of the software of the Pangu system is an application developed by domestic developers. Through the distribution channels of large companies such as New Venture Electronics and Lenovo, many individual software developers can easily sign a sharing agreement with the distribution channel as long as they develop software with a certain value. After that, it was quickly distributed in the domestic market, and even some of the software was translated into many Chinese languages and sold to the international market.

Perhaps, in terms of industrial software or other professional software, there is still a huge gap between China and developed countries. However, the application software running on personal computers is even from the same starting line in China and the United States.

Historically, China has not paid much attention to software copyright, mainly because most of the software is developed by foreigners. Moreover, those software prices are extremely expensive, and if all of them are bought genuinely, it is impossible for Chinese people to afford it. Therefore, the state turns a blind eye, although pirated software is illegal, but it is not too active in combating piracy.

However, at this stage, due to the development of the domestic software market, from scratch, these software are basically developed in China, genuine software can bring a lot of employment opportunities and taxes, some excellent software, and even export overseas to earn foreign exchange. Coupled with the constant appeals of Xinchuang Electronics, Lenovo, and even the Institute of Computer Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the relevant departments are naturally more active in cracking down on piracy.