Chapter 268: Microsoft panicked
The indos system should be fully genuine, and piracy should be completely banned?
After the news spread on the web.
There is no doubt that the majority of netizens immediately scolded.
"I've been using piracy for decades, and suddenly I was asked to use genuine copies?"
"Do you know how expensive genuine indos are? The cheapest is 399, and the most expensive is 699 or 899! Who paid so much money? β
"What's the price of a few hundred dollars? I see a lot of people buying games, buying skins, recharging equipment, krypton gold mobile games on Steam, hundreds of flowers, eyes without blinking, and the turn of the operating system will be a dime? β
Someone immediately retorted: "The rich are only a minority, and the slings without money are the majority!" You said that a few hundred yuan is nothing, then you have to bear the cost, otherwise don't stand and talk without back pain! β
"It's really time to be fully genuine, many pirated systems have a large number of junk software and virus Trojans, which are not safe, and it is better to spend a few hundred dollars to buy a safe one."
This was also refuted: "Who said that genuine indos must be safe?" Have you watched the press conference of Xinghai Technology, regardless of genuine piracy, the backdoor exists like a loophole, and you can't buy ** and security with money! β
"I don't care, I'm used to labor piracy, I can't change it, I won't spend a penny!"
"It's illegal to use piracy again! The joint law enforcement department of the Copyright Office stipulates that after March 25, as long as there are more than 100 copies of the pirated system, the law enforcement agency will file a case, not only divided by a fine of more than 30,000 yuan, but also jail for more than half a year, and open a reporting channel, and the whistleblower can get half of the fine. After the 25th, if you install a pirated system, Microsoft will push an anti-theft program to make your computer black and unusable. β
This......
The man was annoyed: "That'...... Then I don't need the indos system! I'm going to use a different computer! β
"I heard that Xinghai Computer's Xuanyuan operating system is free, and I will use Xinghai Computer in the future, right?"
"Not bad! If you dare to take our money, we won't need you! β
Netizens said one after another.
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Country M.
Microsoft Corporate Headquarters.
After the news of the stern anti-theft in country Z reached this side.
Microsoft executives held an emergency meeting.
At the meeting, in the face of this good news, none of the Microsoft executives showed a happy smile.
On the contrary, they were all a little panicked.
An executive asked President Brian Annick, "Brian, what should we do if the country Z side is going to do it?" β
Brian Annick's face was very ugly.
In fact, on the matter of cracking down on piracy, he has put pressure on country Z many times, and often criticizes country Z in public for its lack of protection of intellectual property rights.
Now country Z has given a boost, announcing the complete elimination of piracy, which will immediately bring huge economic benefits to Microsoft.
You must know that the market in country Z is too big, with more than one billion indos devices of all kinds, but the genuine rate is less than 10%.
If all genuine products are used, the minimum payment for each unit is 399 yuan, multiplied by one billion......
That's a staggering income of more than 400 billion!
If shareholders and investors know that country Z is about to be fully genuine, Microsoft's stock will definitely rise wildly.
But......
The news was not announced early or late, but at this time it was decided to take a tough anti-theft.
Brian Annick wasn't happy at all.
Even the other executives saw the problem.
"Conspiracy, this is the conspiracy of the people of country Z!"
"They want to use the INDOS system to charge and promote their own system."
"Everybody likes free stuff, and if we charge for it, those free systems will steal our market and threaten our dominance."
"So we can't agree to the invitation of the Copyright Office of Country Z, and we won't send a black screen program to the computer of a pirated user!"
In fact, with Microsoft's technical strength, those pirated operating systems in the market in country Z have a variety of means to curb them.
As long as your computer does not have a genuine system activation code and no genuine purchase record, not only black screen programs, but also blue screen programs and green screen programs can also be sent to you, so that your computer cannot be used normally.
Anti-theft, for Microsoft, has never had any problems technically.
But for some reason, they didn't.
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Brian Annick waved his hand and said, "We can't refuse, and once we refuse, our intentions are exposed." β
He has a feeling of lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, hasn't he asked country Z for help in fighting piracy many times? Now country Z has officially agreed and decided to eliminate the piracy system within a year, but their side will not cooperate technically and will not send black screen programs.
Suddenly dragged back, not to participate in the fight against piracy.
What does this mean?
So that's where Brian Annick feels the most embarrassed.
After some discussion and consultation, they came up with a final solution:
1. Actively participate in the anti-theft action of country Z and win a good financial report this year.
Second, the price reduction, greatly reduce the purchase price of the genuine operating system in the market of country Z, to 150 yuan, 300 yuan, 450 yuan stalls, so that all users in country Z can afford to use the genuine operating system.
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Microsoft's response plan was transmitted to country Z.
Netizens on the Internet have been hotly discussing again.
One of them, an analysis article written by a veteran blogger with an ID named "Changing Clouds", has been widely disseminated and has gained countless recognitions:
"A speculation I've been making for years has now finally been confirmed."
"This speculation, including the famous academician Mi Nanguang, has also put forward, that is, the pirated indos operating system everywhere in country Z is the result of Microsoft's tacit approval."
"The purpose is to occupy the market of country Z and prevent the rise of domestic operating systems."
"Is it really that hard to fight piracy? Do you have to cooperate with the government of country Z to eliminate it? β
"This is clearly not! Microsoft wants to anti-theft is very simple, they can set up a lot of backdoors or vulnerabilities in the operating system, as long as you are not genuine, immediately give you a black screen, you can't use it at all, and it is impossible for ordinary people to make an operating system, and they will not be able to resist in the face of this anti-theft measures. β
"But Microsoft didn't do this, but threw the pot on the government of country Z and put on a hat of poor intellectual property protection, which is a very sinister approach!"
"The reason why Microsoft acquiesces to piracy is very simple, the market in country Z is too big, even if it only requires government departments and all companies to use piracy, they will make a lot of money, if everyone in country Z is required to use genuine, multiplied by the expensive purchase price of the indos system, at least three or four hundred billion market, Microsoft does not want to eat it all!"
"Because if I were the government of country Z, I would rather spend 100 billion yuan to develop my own system than watch Microsoft make so much money."
"If I were an IT company, I would be willing to invest all my money to build my own operating system and eat a big piece of the cake."
"The reason why our own operating systems have not appeared for a long time, or have not taken over the mainstream, is that Microsoft killed them with piracy."
"That's exactly Microsoft's business strategy, they don't care about piracy at all, they just want to firmly occupy this market and wait to harvest this market in the future."
However, some people have also questioned: the indos system is also charged in Europe, and it is also charged in the cold weather, why is it only allowed to pirate in country Z, is this not the pot of the government of country Z?
The question is, can a small market of tens of millions of people compare with a large market of more than a billion people?
With the size of country Z, as long as a company finds that the market for operating systems exceeds 100 billion per year, I am afraid that dozens or hundreds of operating system systems will emerge in a short period of time.
The same is true for the domestic stand-alone game industry.
It is precisely piracy that destroys infinite possibilities.