Once Microsoft's decision was announced, the whole world was in an uproar. This is the first time a software is banned so brazenly. How much did Microsoft do to QQ to issue such an unprecedented ban?
Microsoft acted quickly. Under Bill Gates' direct command, all Microsoft operating systems that are connected to the internet received a message from the system within a week, asking all users to download the latest system patch from the official website.
However, what was surprising was that there was no mention of QQ in the system message. The patch this time was to completely ban QQ. It didn't even mention QQ's name. It only said that it was to further optimize the system's security.
Naturally, Boss Jia received the news as soon as possible. At the same time, his technical department also unpacked this brand-new patch. In just 10 minutes, the relevant conclusion was placed in front of Boss Jia.
"Oh, Microsoft is really ruthless this time. This patch directly changed the system's core file and identified QQ's registration information in the registration form. This move is really ruthless. I'm afraid your little software is useless now!" Boss Jia looked at the report and smiled at Ma Yun, who was beside him.
"Microsoft has taken off all their masks this time. Of course, our software is useless now!" Ma Yun smiled bitterly. Microsoft's patch this time is too ruthless. It directly cuts off QQ's previous tricks.
If QQ wants to avoid Microsoft's patch, it will have to start from scratch. At the same time, it will have to change its name … Of course, this is useless. Microsoft will keep a close eye on QQ. If QQ changes its name or program, it will be added to the ban list.
All in all, this move is too ruthless. It directly cut off QQ's software.
"Actually, you don't have to worry so much. No matter how ruthless this patch is, as long as the users don't update, it will be useless!" Boss Jia smiled.
The internet companies in this era are not as domineering as the internet companies in the future. They will force users to update their software for important updates. If they don't update, the users will not be able to use the software.
Some companies are even more ruthless. They do not even inform the users about the updates and secretly update themselves.
At this age, no matter how powerful Microsoft's patch is, the users must download it themselves and update it. If not, it will be useless.
There are three reasons for this. First, automatic updates will infringe on the users' rights, and there are legal risks.
Second, automatic updates require a lot of bandwidth and complicated programs. Also, automatic updates are prone to problems. If the users shut down the program or cut off the PC during automatic updates secretly, the program will be destroyed, and the updates will be fatal.
Last but not least, the internet companies are too arrogant to provide users with a more convenient experience … Although automatic updates infringe on the users' rights, it is more convenient than users downloading the patches and updating themselves.
All in all, it's not easy for Microsoft to ban QQ. If not, Mr. Jia will not continue to argue with Microsoft. It's impossible for Microsoft to ban QQ completely.
"But how can we stop the users from downloading the patches?" Ma Yun asked. "Even if most of the users do not download the patches, even if only 10% of the users download the patches, it will be a huge loss to QQ's millions of users!"
"Of course we can't stop the users, but we can cut off the road!" Boss Jia laughed and made a call. Dozens of computers and hackers in the United States started working immediately.
A few minutes later, those users who followed Microsoft's instructions to download the patch realized the download page is no longer active. After a few more minutes, the download page becomes 404.
But this is normal. After all, internet services in this era are terrible. Once there is a large amount of traffic, the download server will crash.
Didn't you see that even after more than 10 years, 12306 would still collapse when it was time to do so?
A monster update like the Windows operating system will have a huge impact on the server's traffic. Every time the Windows operating system updates, the related websites will crash. This is normal, and users are used to it.
They can either keep refreshing until a lucky user enters the server, and the download will be completed.
Or they can shut down the server and wait for a few days. After a few days, the download volume will decrease, and the server will be back to normal.
Microsoft's engineers also think the same way. That's why they only do some simple maintenance after the servers crash, and after a few minutes, the servers crash again. The engineers are used to this, and it's normal.
Three days later, it is still the same, and this is not normal. After all, the previous updates will only crash for the first two days, and after that, the system will become more relaxed.
But Microsoft's executives are overjoyed. A server crash means a large number of users will download the patches, and the system will be updated. A large number of QQ users will be banned. They can't wait for the server to crash for a month!
Of course, this was a lie. Because after the server continued to crash for half a month, the higher-ups felt that something was wrong. Even if hundreds of millions of users all over the world came to update the system, the update should have been completed by now!
After realizing something is wrong, Microsoft's executives started to investigate the traffic. They found out the traffic is normal, and it is all download requests from all over the world.
But Microsoft's executives found out the addresses and requests are sent 24 hours a day. This means the PC owners are sitting in front of their PC 24 hours a day, trying to download the patch. Is this possible?
Also, Microsoft's executives found out very few users completed the system update. Most of the users are complaining on the official forum that they can't enter the system and can't click on the download link. They are too lazy to update the system, and those who update the system are idiots.
Microsoft immediately releases a second download link, but the second download link also crashes. After that, Microsoft continued to release more than a dozen download links, and all of them crash.
Even an idiot will notice something is wrong.
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