"Of course it's a smaller MSN!!" Bill Gates couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing this, some readers may wonder, isn't the bigger the installation package, the better, because this means that the more experience and functions of the program?

This may have been normal in later generations, but in 1999, no one wanted the bigger the package, the better.

The reason is simple, everyone's computer capacity is too small.

In 1999, the standard hard disk size of home computers was about 2GB, and if anyone's computer hard disk could have 5GB, it would be the top computer.

At the same time, because of the high price of computers, many computers are from the 90s, and the computers left over from the political 80s are even more pitiful, and the capacity of these computers is even more pitiful, and they are all calculated in MB.

Therefore, the vast majority of computers and users now have a deep hatred for large installation packages.

Take QQ as an example, an installation package is actually nearly 50MB.

For a computer with a 2GB hard disk capacity, the installation system of Windows95 requires 200MB of space, and if you count all kinds of commonly used software, the 2GB space can leave 1GB is very remarkable.

But a computer is certainly not only about installing some common software, but most importantly about installing games, and a game is very large, taking the newly released Red Alert 2 as an example, the capacity reaches an astonishing 310MB.

Three Red Alert 2, you can occupy the entire hard drive.

And with the continuous operation of the computer, all kinds of junk files will continue to be born, and there is no such thing as a computer cleaning assistant these years, these garbage are difficult to clean up automatically, and the result is that more and more accumulate, so that the space is further compressed.

You're making a lot of users squeeze out 50MB of space, and it's really hard for them.

Of course, as long as you squeeze it and delete some garbage, the 50MB space can still be squeezed out, but anyone who looks at the black piece of their computer, and all the hard disks are all red and full, will be in a very bad mood.

So users in this era, when they install the software, many times they will look at the size of the software for the first time, if it is too big, they will give up the installation.

On the contrary, if they are small and delicate, they will choose instinctively.

That's why Bill Gates laughed, and as an elite in the computer industry, he certainly knows how fascinating it is for users to compress the installation package to less than 10MB.

"Chairman, if the installation package is small, then the download speed will naturally be faster!" Hulk on the side continued: "Now the average download speed in our country is about 26KB/s. ”

"We conducted a test, and it took at least half an hour to download QQ at this speed. At the same time, we also conducted a survey on many users, because of the different networks, and the stability is very prone to problems, often disconnected in the middle of the download, need to re-download the situation, which leads to the download of QQ has become a kind of torture, some people even download for seven or eight hours of the moment, can not download the complete QQ! ”

"But our MSN installation package is only 7.8MB, which is one-eighth of the size of QQ, so the download speed is also 8 times faster, and if you are lucky, it only takes a few minutes to download. At the same time, because the download time is short, the download disconnection rarely occurs, which further improves the stability of the download! Hulk said proudly.

"For example, if you download QQ, it is equivalent to eating a cow for a meal. Even if you die, it's hard to finish a meal. But if you download our MSN, it's just a roast chicken, and maybe a meal isn't enough! ”

"Good!!" Bill Gates has a big smile on his face, and both of these improvements are very critical and users will love it.

But Hulk also went on to say, "Chairman, because MSN is small enough, it will occupy a small amount of memory, and it will run faster, I let people estimate that if the streamlining is completed, then the smoothness of MSN will be more than doubled, and at the same time, the probability of system lag, stalemate, or simply crashing will also drop to a very low level, and the experience of using our software is incomparable!" ”

"Good!" Bill Gates smiled even brighter.

Immediately afterward, Hulk gave a demonstration for Bill Gates.

And Hulk also ingeniously designed a comparison group, he first put the MSN installation package on a public server, and then blocked Bill Gates's face, and downloaded QQ and MSN at the same time.

As a result, it only took five minutes for MSN to be successfully downloaded, and at this time, the download of QQ was only about 20%.

As a result, the two of them waited for 20 minutes before QQ was downloaded.

This was followed by the installation of two software, which also began from there.

I have to admit that the installation speed of MSN is also extremely fast, almost completed in the blink of an eye, while QQ took about three minutes to complete the installation, and there was an installation failure in the middle, and the problem of reinstalling.

When he saw this, Bill Gates's smile was about to overflow.

Finally, it's the experience of the smoothness of the two, two computers began to enter the degree at the same time, and 100 friends have been added to these two accounts in advance.

"Start messaging!" Hulk gave an order, and these 100 friends sent messages to this account at the same time, and Hulk was responsible for clicking on these pop-up windows.

As a result, about ten pop-up windows were clicked, QQ was stuck, the computer could not be controlled, no matter how you clicked the mouse, the screen was motionless.

And MSN persevered until the fortieth pop-up window before the system crashed.

"Good! That's great!!! Bill Gates's smile at this time couldn't be suppressed at all, he patted Hulk's shoulder hard, and then said directly, "Mr. Hulk is really a talent, in front of the new version of MSN, QQ is not an opponent at all." I am announcing that this upgraded version will be released immediately, and Mr. Hulk will fully manage and operate MSN!! ”

"No hurry!" In the face of Bill Gates' praise and responsibility, Hulk said very calmly, "Even if we all think it's good, it doesn't necessarily represent what users mean." So, we might as well release the beta BAT version on the forum now and let a few users test it out and see what they say before making a decision! ”

"After all, replacing the major version is a very big thing, which will affect the experience of all existing users, and if you can't get direct feedback from users, there is still a big hidden danger!" Hulk Road.

"Good! Fabulous! Bill Gates thoroughly trusted and appreciated Hulk, and at the same time began to believe that it was Steve Jobs who took the credit from Hulk.

After all, it is so rare for Hulk to be such a stable and meticulous person, and this is the talent that Microsoft needs!