Microsoft had planned to release VISTA in May. But because of the PC manufacturers' urging, and Microsoft does not want Lenovo Kingsoft to encroach on their market share, they reduced some of the programs and introduced the home version first. After that, they will introduce the personal and enterprise versions soon.
The home version is just a simplified version of the personal version. Some of the programs are removed, and some features are missing. This will allow them to sell it cheaply.
After the personal and home versions, there is still the enterprise version. The kernel is the same, but the added programs are different.
VISTA is a new concept system developed before XP, and it is planned to be introduced in 2003. But at that time, Microsoft's XP sales are doing well, and they do not have any competitors. Microsoft also noticed Lenovo Kingsoft's Office software is challenging them, and Lenovo Kingsoft's smartphone operating system is doing very well. So, Lenovo Kingsoft stopped their R&D and increased their R&D on Office software and smartphone operating system.
Microsoft also changed the design of VISTA. If Lenovo Kingsoft did not introduce XOS, it might take some time before this system is introduced.
At the start, this system is not called VISTA. It is called Longhorn, and this is Microsoft's most important technology.
During this period, Microsoft had thought of other programming models, but they gave up on them due to various reasons. This caused the development of VISTA to be delayed.
But Microsoft cannot blame others for this. Microsoft thought they do not have any competitors and let their guards down. But the Linux operating system, which they are wary of, is revived in the hands of an unexpected competitor.
Microsoft had always wanted to eliminate the Linux operating system and even cooperated with IBM, Apple, and other competitors. This is because the Linux operating system is free and open source. This will affect their products' sales.
Microsoft is not afraid of IBM and Apple's operating system. They are confident that they can use their better operating system to dominate the market. As long as this market is profitable, Microsoft will continue to make money.
But Microsoft is afraid this free Linux operating system will become popular. This will highlight the high selling price of Microsoft operating system, and more users will complain.
In the beginning, Microsoft had done well. They had worked with a few big software companies to suppress Linux and poached the engineers who were working on Linux. This way, no one can continue to upgrade Linux. This made Linux a plaything for software enthusiasts, and they can write their own programs to play with.
But when Lenovo Kingsoft announced the HOS operating system for smartphones, Microsoft realized something is wrong. This is the operating system for Linux kernel upgrades. At that time, Microsoft thought Lenovo Kingsoft is only developing the operating system for smartphones. They did not expect them to develop a PC operating system.
Once this PC operating system was released, it quickly got the support of many hardware manufacturers. Later, it got the support of many software companies. Especially Softbank, one of the top IT companies, announced their support for the XOS operating system. Microsoft then realized the severity of the situation.
Luckily, Lenovo's response was fast. They had developed the home version of VISTA within a short time. Soon, the personal version, enterprise version, and other versions will be released. Lenovo wants to see how many people will buy Lenovo Kingsoft's operating system!
Those PC manufacturers who are introducing pre-installed XOS will regret it in the future. The consumers will still choose to use Microsoft's operating system. They will like our new operating system architecture!
Today, Microsoft will announce to the world that the new Microsoft operating system is here. Abandon that XOS and come back to Microsoft's embrace.
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Bill Gates stood on the stage and personally introduced Microsoft's new operating system. Even though Microsoft's market share had been snatched away by XOS, and Apple's PC sales were higher than before, Bill Gates felt all these problems will disappear when Microsoft's new operating system is introduced to the market!
"Our VISTA system uses a brand new user interface, a brand new command line interface, or rather, a human-computer interactive graphical user interface … Compared to the XP system, we've added nearly a hundred new functions, and we've even built in a malware detection tool …"
"We had made major changes to the core operating system. Normal viruses and Trojans will not be able to damage our operating system … … We have increased the operating speed of the operating system and enhanced the firewall's efficiency … …"
Bill Gates is in high spirits. This new operating system will help Microsoft regain their market share. Not only they will suppress Lenovo Kingsoft's XOS, but they will also defeat other companies, like Apple, that want to challenge Microsoft's operating system.
Many IT industry representatives were sitting in the audience. They were listening attentively, and some were even taking notes. As for the reporters, they kept thinking about what questions they should ask later.
All the cameras were pointing at him. If the cameras had flashes, the cameras would be flashing non-stop.
But there was one person who had a look of disdain on his face. That was Lenovo Kingsoft's CEO, Lei Jun.
Others might not know, but Lei Jun. General Manager Feng had told him that VISTA was originally a transitional product. Lenovo's next operating system was called Black Combo. In Feng Yu's previous life, Black Combo was renamed to Win7 when it was launched.
This operating system was planned to be launched in 2003. But because of XP's performance, Lenovo had purposely slowed down the process.
But because Lenovo Kingsoft's XOS was launched, Lenovo had no choice but to remove some of the features they had planned to add.
How could a system that was designed to be a transitional product from the beginning of development perform well? That means Microsoft also does not think this operating system will be useful.
They had made significant changes to the operating system, and if people are not used to these changes, then this operating system will be a failure.
Feng Yu had known about this when he was Microsoft's Director. Feng Yu had purposely chosen this period to introduce XOS was to force Microsoft to introduce VISTA. This was not a mature product.
Although Bill Gates said on the stage how good this product was, Lei Jun still found a lot of shortcomings.
For example, it was too different from XP, and the users will not be used to it. Other software manufacturers were not ready and did not release compatible software for their operating system. Even those hardware manufacturers and PC manufacturers were not ready. Microsoft had introduced this operating system in a hurry.
With such a rushed product, why couldn't XOS win?
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