Chapter Twenty-Three: The Palm Fun Operating System in the United States
After the press conference, CBM presented a collector's edition of the Palmfun operating system to each media member who attended today's press conference. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe media people who returned to the newspapers, TV stations and other places of work couldn't wait to install the PalmFun operating system on their computers, and the people who experienced it first-hand were eager to write the news immediately and share it with the public.
The next day, all the news media publicized the perfection of the Palmfun operating system in a unified voice. And this further has had a serious impact on the sales of Windows 95, which is in the limelight.
Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, Bill, Nov. 2. Gates has been in a bad mood since he went to work today, he straightened his spine and watched intently at the Washington Post's news report, which contained information about the PalmFun operating system, which occupied two pages of the newspaper. It lists in detail how it differs from Windows 95 and what it has to offer.
"Easy to install, auto-play CD, FAT32 file system......" Bill. Gates saw the new innovation of the PalmFun operating system, and muttered non-stop like chanting, he understood that the best next step for Windows95 was to take the path of this Palmfun operating system that he missed, and there was no other way.
"Knock knock..."
"Please come in." Although he was not in a good mood, Bill calmly maintained the demeanor of a Microsoft president.
"Bill, I think you'll have to take a look at this report......"
And when he looked up, he saw Paul. Marez raised the Washington Post in his hand, so Bill interrupted Paul, "Paul, I'm watching." Have you finished reading it? You can talk about your views. ”
"Bill, I think this palm fun operating system that suddenly appeared should be written by that guy in Chinese mainland, I just don't know how CBM company found him." Paul took matters into his own hands and sat across from Bill and made his point.
"You're right, this palm fun operating system must have been developed by that guy in Chinese mainland, but what measures should Microsoft take to deal with the current situation?" Bill asked slowly, tapping his fingers on the tabletop.
"If we were to develop an operating system like PalmFun, it would take us at least half a year." Paul can't say that you rejected the yellow monkey's request in the first place to get Microsoft into the predicament it is today.
Just as Bill was frustrated with what to do, another knock came into the office. After Bill was allowed to come in, it was Rasha, the manager of Microsoft's floppy disk production department, who pushed the door in.
"Mr. Bill, I have to disturb you, now the production department has expanded production according to your request, but the floppy disk that has stored $200 million worth of windows 95 has not been shipped, do you still need to continue production?" Rasha went straight to the point after entering the door, "Of course, as an employee of Microsoft, I think Microsoft should reduce production at the moment, sir." ”
"Lady Rasha, now that you have an idea, you need to tell me what to do."
Bill. Gates is deeply powerless about the current predicament, and he is naturally in a bad mood. As an opponent, Jamila is naturally in a very good mood.
"1,000 floppy disks at 127th 87th Street, New York, 8,000 ......at Johnson Supermarket on Broadway Avenue," Heaney sat on the couch in Jamila's office, smiling and happily reading today's order report from below.
"Alright, man, just tell me how many orders we got this morning!" Jamila was also full of joy, but she really couldn't wait to know the final answer.
"Old fellow, guess how many orders we got today?" Henie took his eyes off the report, looked at Jamila with a fierce look, and said, "You can't guess! $80 million, what a wonderful morning. When did our company have been so prosperous, think about it ten years ago! ”
The pricing of windows95 is about $100, and the price of office95 is $300, which means that a set of Microsoft software needs $400, although the basic people who can afford computers today belong to middle-class families or above, and $400 is not an unacceptable price, but in the face of a collection of operating systems, office office software as one of the palm fun operating system is only $100, except for Microsoft's brain-dead fans, all computer users are not calm, Including some large enterprises, after all, they are the largest consumers of Microsoft Office software.
James is an English-American whose parents immigrated from England to the United States with their grandparents during World War II, and the Europeans who immigrated to the United States during this period were basically skilled or above the middle class, so James was also a member of the American middle class.
As adolescent children, they are not only a little rebellious, they also represent the trend of the world, and as a follower, it is naturally impossible for Jaime not to know the hottest palm fun operating system at the moment. And he can be regarded as a small asset, he immediately went to a store near his home and spent $100 to buy a floppy disk of the Palm Fun operating system.
Holding the heavy PalmFun OS floppy disk, he ran back to his room, and then opened the new package of PalmFun OS. The packaging is very good, but as a computer enthusiast, he doesn't care about the knowledge of packaging, he just wants to see if this Palm Fun operating system is as good as the news media say, and just wants to find out the loopholes and shortcomings of the Palm Fun operating system and slap the CBM and this bunch of undisciplined news media, because he is a fan of Microsoft.
There are 20 floppy disks in one set of Windows 95 and 24 floppy disks in one set of PalmFun operating system. Jaime took them out one by one, and was about to install them when his grandmother's voice came from downstairs, "James, Jaime, Jason is coming for you." ”
"Jason, you come up to my room by yourself, I just bought the Palm Fun operating system." Jaime ignored his grandmother and shouted directly at his friend Jason.
“oh,mygod! James: How can you buy this junk operating system? Windows must be more perfect than this unknown palm fun, don't you know what this media faces? For the sake of sales, they dare to write down the content of Mr. President's. ”
"Jason, the best response to the damn media is for us to find out the loopholes and deficiencies of the PalmFun operating system, and we must make this evil news media disgrace on the forums." Jaime said viciously.
"Alright! James, I like you like this, and now we get to work to make a name for great Windows. ”
The two guys spent half an hour installing the PalmFun operating system and then turned on the computer. The slightly flashy boot animation surprised Jaime and Jason because it attracted them. But as Microsoft's brain-dead fans, the two are still steadfast in their mission - to find loopholes.
After booting up, the two of them couldn't wait to click the mouse and click on every function of the Palmfun operating system, not letting go of every detail. But the more they played, the more they liked and felt the perfection of this palm-fun operating system.
"Jason, where are you going?" Jaime, who was happily playing the game, saw Jason get up and ran out, and immediately shouted and asked.
"Buy it."
Jaime knew what Jason meant at the end. But it's not so easy to buy the PalmFun OS, and in fact, there are a lot of Americans like Jason who are rushing to the store to buy the PalmFun OS.
In the 21st century, it only takes a few minutes to download a new system, but when Windows 95 was released, people had to go to the store and buy the system. It may seem unacceptable, but it was. If you don't have a very specific intuitive feeling, you can imagine the enthusiasm of the 21st century iPhone queuing up to buy it, but the times have changed, it was Windows 95, but now it is the iPhone.