At 7 o'clock in the morning of November 18th, the morning light had just appeared, and Gilbert, who had just gotten up, took the freshly baked bread and went to his studio to turn on the computer while eating. After reading a report about ICQ in the newspaper two days ago, he followed the domain name "www." Landed and unfortunately didn't see anything. Originally, he planned to take a look at it on the night of the 17th, but unfortunately he had something to go out temporarily, and it was already late when he came back, so he had to give up because he was not used to staying up late. When he woke up this morning, Gilbert remembered the incident again, and he planned to go and see what this ICQ was.

Connected to the Internet and clicked on the browser, Gilbert habitually opened his email first, but it was only a day, and he didn't expect to have more than 30 new emails. He opened them one by one and looked at them, and except for the six advertising emails, the others were all sent by his friends, and the emails were not long, and the content was all the same.

"Gilbert, go and download an ICQ, there's a link to download it on EBay's homepage......"

"My ICQ number is 100395, come and add me, it's interesting......"

"Gilbert, I found a very interesting thing, the download address ishttp://www./download/icq.exe, you go and apply for a number......"

"I downloaded an ICQ on Hotmail and it's easy to use......"

“……”

Looking at the information about ICQ, Gilbert was annoyed, knowing that if he had held on a little more last night, he wouldn't have to be as outdated as he is now, and he couldn't even figure out what ICQ was. Gilbert shoved the last bit of bread in his mouth and entered the ICQ download address into the address bar of his browser to start downloading the ICQ. In the middle of the download, he logged on to the ICQ website (domain name "www." I plan to make up the lessons first to figure out what ICQ is and how to use it.

……

At the same time, in ICQ's office, the computer case running the monitoring program was constantly flashing red lights for hard disk reads and writes, the computer monitor on the desk was lit yellow, the screen was pitch black, the keyboard and mouse were next to the monitor, and a magazine was placed next to it. A gust of wind came in through an unclosed window, blowing the pages of the magazine next to the keyboard and rolling it continuously, and suddenly the wind seemed to be a little stronger, and it happened to blow the magazine over and press right on the keyboard. The monitor's indicator light turns from yellow to green, and the screen gradually lights up. If someone happens to be here at this time, he will find that the number of registered and online people who have been slowly climbing slowly and tepidly is growing rapidly, from a single position to ten, hundred, thousand, and faster.

The numbers are constantly running forward, but most of the people at ICQ are already asleep, and maybe some are still dreaming, but this certainly doesn't include Mike Dyson.

There are white walls all around, no windows in sight, several white tables and chairs are scattered in the space, the computer on the table is also white, Mike Dyson sits on the chair, his hands keep tapping on the keyboard, the code on the screen gushes out like running water, and behind the desks around him are sitting some vague people, who seem to be constantly typing on the keyboard.

After an unknown amount of time, everyone including Mike Dyson stopped, and the screen began to flash, and then the three huge letters ICQ appeared, and suddenly he seemed to understand that ICQ was finished. The whistle sounded, the mountain-like server poured up from under the floor, and the people around him suddenly disappeared, leaving only a huge server and a relatively small Mike Dyson in the entire space, a huge monitor appeared in front of him, and the words "ICQ registrants: 0, online users: 0" suddenly flashed on the screen, and a huge fear came to him. "Don't we even have a single user for ICQ?" Mike Dyson thought bitterly, and suddenly there was a strange sound "quack" around him, as if someone was laughing at him, and Mike Dyson couldn't help but roar: "Impossible...... No way," and then grabbed something and threw it forward.

A crisp sound came, and Mike Dyson couldn't help but open his eyes, only to find that he was sitting on his bed, and it turned out that it was just a dream. Mike Dyson rubbed his slightly swollen head, and was about to lie down again and continue to sleep for a while, when suddenly the phone rang as if he wanted to die, and he turned over and got out of bed, and picked up the handle of the phone and put it next to his ear.

"Mike, there's a situation, our ICQ official website is very slow to access now, I'm afraid we need to take a look." Robert Toney's panicked voice came over the phone.

Mike Dyson's heart was tight, whether his dream was about to come true, but he quickly calmed down and calmly ordered: "Robert, you hurry back to the company now, I'll be there later, see how the situation goes." ”

"Well, okay, I'll go now." Hearing Mike Dyson's calm voice, Robert Tony didn't start to panic so much.

Putting down the phone, Mike Dyson went to the bathroom to wash his face, then put on his coat and rushed out, heading straight for the company. When he arrived at the company, it was already more than ten o'clock in the morning, and when he just pushed open the office door, a heart-wrenching scream floated out of the house, and he couldn't help but panic: "Is there really an accident?" ”

Mike Dyson settled down and continued to walk inside, and soon he saw Robert Tony sitting in front of the surveillance computer, and he was still making ghost screams.

Mike Dyson took a few steps closer to the surveillance computer and asked in a deep voice, "Robert, what's going on?" ”

Robert Tony turned his face, his face twitching as if spasmodic, pointing at the screen with one hand, opening and closing his mouth several times, but unable to utter a word.

Mike Dyson couldn't stand it, and pulled Robert Tony away, and then put his face in front of the screen to look at it, he couldn't help but gasp, and his mouth became trembling. Mike Dyson rubbed his eyes and looked at it for a while, and the "number of registrations" and "number of people online" displayed on the screen changed a lot again.

"The number of registrations is 138652, the number of online is 89,356, my God, we have only been away for five hours." Mike Dyson pointed to the screen and was excited.

At this time, Robert Tony also relieved himself, looked at the screen, shook his head and said, "This is more like a dream!" ”

The numbers on the screen continued to rise wildly, and Mike Dyson couldn't help but laugh, from a little depressed at the beginning to a complete release later, he laughed while jumping and jumping wildly and shouted: "Haha, we succeeded!" This is the first time we have created the world's first instant messaging software, the first! In the future, others will only be able to imitate us, but we will always be able to seize the opportunity. Think about it, it's only been more than ten hours, and there are already more than 130,000 users, so maybe it won't be long before it breaks through 10 million, and it can even be more. ”

Speaking of which, Mike Dyson spread his hands, already with a look of fascination, and Robert Tony was also infected, and then he went crazy.

After a while, Robert Tony suddenly remembered that there were many people who had not come, so he suggested, "Mike, why don't we inform the others, and share the joy with everyone." ”

Mike Dyson also felt that just the two of them were too unlucky, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, then you can inform the rest of the company and make them happy." ”

Robert Tony took the order, and Mike Dyson also picked up a phone, pressed the number, and after waiting for a while, he said into the microphone: "Mr. Zhang, good news, the current number of registered people has exceeded 140,000, and the number of online people has exceeded 90,000......"

Robert Tony made a round of phone calls and notified everyone in the company, and then he remembered the purpose of this place, and after some inspection, he found that the communication line connected to the original website server was nearly saturated, and the backup line reserved in advance was not set up due to negligence, so the access to the website began to slow down, fortunately, those servers of ICQ were taken another communication line, which did not have a greater impact. After readjusting it and connecting the backup line of the website server, the access to the website finally returned to normal, and the download speed of the ICQ official website was also a little faster.

The speed of the website was normal, and Robert Tony continued to do what he had left unfinished when he was at home, bringing up the message board on the ICQ official website. As the browser displayed the contents of the message board, Robert Tony was shocked again, with a total of 86,553 messages, which means that almost every 10 people who registered for an ICQ number will leave 6 people.

"This thing is really good!" Someone sighed on the message board.

"You've figured it out, buddy, you're a fucking genius." Someone exclaimed on the message board.

"I like ICQ so much that I wonder if it will charge in the future? It would be great if it was free all the time! Someone expressed his concern on the message board.

"It's time for my email to retire." Someone joked on the message board.

Of course, there are also advertisements left by some nimble minds: "I'm a shock advertising agency, I've seen your ads, but I think we can design a better promotion for ICQ, if you are interested, you can add my ICQ, the number is 168785, of course, if you have an email address, it will be even better......"

Looking at these compliments or related business information, Robert Tony's mood was excited again, I really didn't expect that ICQ had just been launched for less than a day, and it was so popular. However, the rest of the message board is a bit laughable, and some registered users clearly use it as a dating platform.

"I'm Larry from Seattle, my ICQ number is 101265, and I'm hoping to meet a pretty girl......"

"The lonely maiden wanders alone, seeking your comfort......"

It didn't take long for other ICQ employees to get the news to come one after another, and at this time, the number of ICQ registrations exceeded 160,000 again, and the number of online people also approached 100,000.

In addition to the joy, under the leadership of Mike Dyson, everyone also began to discuss the future development path of ICQ. The first thing to reach a consensus is the pursuit of the number of users, and they agree that the foundation of ICQ is users, and only when the number of users reaches a certain level can it be more convenient to carry out other businesses. Secondly, everyone believes that advertising will be the biggest profit point of ICQ, as long as the current rate of development, the number of registered users and online users will reach a terrifying number, and then ICQ will become an advertising platform that no company can ignore. In any case, so many users are not well utilized, and it is really worthy of the large number of popularity brought by this software.

ICQ became popular, as if just overnight, that little green daisy was well known to many computer enthusiasts in the United States, and even many people who hardly touched a computer heard of the name of ICQ.

With the continuous search of netizens, all the websites that provide ICQ download links have been excavated, and then spread through ICQ or email to ten, ten to hundred, like a flu, and the traffic of these websites has surged, including EBay and Hotmail.

ICQ is the first instant messaging software at this time, and its novel communication method immediately glued many netizens to the front of the computer, almost unable to extricate themselves, although only text communication can be used, but it is still much more convenient than e-mail. And using this to make friends online is also much more interesting than the previous chat room, at least when you meet a friend who is more speculative, you can find him the next day, and you don't have to be as troublesome as in the chat room.

All of a sudden, playing ICQ has become a new online fashion trend, and greeting each other "Are you ICQ today" has also become the new buzzword. After new friends get to know each other, the exchange of contact information is not limited to phone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses, and the ICQ number has become an indispensable part. If you don't, then you must be greeted by a friend's disdainful gaze.

"What? You haven't applied for an ICQ number yet? Oh my God, haven't you been on Earth lately? Hurry up and sign up for one, it's free! A well-meaning friend is likely to tell you this.

So, if you don't have an ICQ number, why are you embarrassed to make new friends?

In those well-known computer newspapers and magazines, the content about ICQ has also become a new hot spot, and if you open a magazine or a newspaper, there are always one or two articles such as ICQ user guides or ICQ function introductions, and if you don't stuff some ICQ-related content, you are embarrassed to sell it at the newsstand.

With the advantage of not being disturbed by competitors, ICQ's development is advancing rapidly, and in just two weeks online, it has swept the entire United States, with registered users exceeding 2.8 million, and at this time there are only more than 6 million Internet users in the United States, which means that almost every 10 Internet users have 4 people to register ICQ, of course, there are many people who belong to repeated registration, and even it is not surprising that a person registers ten or eight numbers, and some of them are registered for the first time. But after only using it once, it will never be used again. Even so, according to server records, there are 627,000 active users (users who log in between two logins for less than 7 days), and the vast majority of them use ICQ every day, which means that almost 1 in 10 Internet users use ICQ, and this number is constantly expanding.

At this time, the Internet is still a newly emerging industry, can achieve such great results in a short period of time, the initial performance of ICQ can be said to be very successful, the original VisualSystem group of people who are still skeptical about this project then changed their position, and the lack of confidence of the ICQ company everyone also suddenly became full of confidence, began to work together to promote ICQ to continue to move forward, on the one hand, strengthen advertising efforts, take advantage of the lack of competitors in the blank period, Further seize the market of instant messaging software in North America, on the other hand, take advantage of the popularity of ICQ to develop other language versions, including the Chinese version, and prepare to land in other countries and regions in the near future.

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