"Of course, it's the smaller MSN!!" Bill Gates couldn't help but laugh.
Reading up to this point, some readers might be confused. Isn't it better to have a bigger installation package because it means that the program has more experience and functions?
This might be a normal idea in the future, but in 1999, no one wanted the installation package to be as big as possible.
The reason was simple. Everyone's computer capacity was too small.
In 1999, the standard hard disk size of a home computer was around 2GB. If anyone's computer had a 5GB hard disk, it would be the best computer.
At the same time, because of the high price of computers, many people's computers were from the 1990s. The computer capacity of these computers was even more pitiful. It was calculated in megabytes.
Therefore, most of the computers and users now hated large installation packages.
Take QQ as an example. An installation package was as high as 50MB.
For a computer with a 2GB hard disk capacity, the installation system of Windows 95 needed 200MB of space. If all kinds of commonly used software were included, it was very good to have 1GB of space left in the 2GB.
But a computer was definitely not only for installing some commonly used software. The most important thing was to install games, and a game was very big. Take the newly released Red Alert 2 for example. Its capacity reached an astonishing 310MB.
Three Red Alert 2s could occupy the entire hard disk.
Moreover, with the continuous operation of the computer, all kinds of garbage files would continue to be created. In this era, there was no such thing as a computer cleaning assistant. These garbage were difficult to be cleaned automatically. As a result, more and more of it accumulated, further compressing the space.
It was really hard for many users to squeeze out 50MB of space.
Of course, as long as he squeezed a little and deleted some rubbish, that 50MB of space could still be squeezed out. However, anyone who saw that their computer was a vast expanse of black, and at the same time, all the hard drives were full red, would be in a very bad mood.
Therefore, when users in this era installed software, many of them would first look at the size of the software. If it was too big, they would give up the installation.
On the contrary, if it was small and exquisite, they would instinctively choose.
This was the reason why Bill Gates laughed. As an elite in the computer industry, he certainly knew how fascinating it was for users to compress the installation package to less than 10MB.
"Chairman, if the installation package is smaller, the download speed will naturally be faster!" Hulk continued, "The average download speed in the United States is about 26 kilobytes per second."
"We've done some tests, and it takes at least half an hour to download QQ at this speed. At the same time, we also conducted a survey on many users. Due to the different networks and stability, there are often problems. There are often cases where the connection is disconnected in the middle of the download and the need to download again. This makes downloading QQ a kind of torture. Some people even download for seven or eight hours and still can't download QQ completely! "
"But our MSN installation package is only 7.8 MB, which is one-eighth of QQ's volume, so the download speed is eight times faster. If you're lucky, you can download it in a few minutes. At the same time, because the download time is short, the situation of disconnection rarely occurs, further improving the stability of the download! "Hulk said proudly.
"For example, if you download QQ, it's equivalent to eating a cow for a meal. Even if he was stuffed to death, it would be difficult for him to finish it in one meal. But if you download our MSN, it's just a roast chicken. A meal might not even be enough! "
"Good!!" Bill Gates's face was very bright. These two improvements were very important, and users would definitely like it.
But Hulk continued, "Chairman, because MSN is small enough, the memory it occupies will also be very small, and the running speed will be faster. I've estimated that if the simplification is completed, then the smoothness of MSN will be more than doubled. At the same time, the probability of causing the system to lag, be in a deadlock, or simply crash will be reduced to an extremely low level. The experience of using our software is incomparable!"
"Good!" Bill Gates's smile was even brighter.
Then, Hulk personally demonstrated to Bill Gates.
Hulk also ingeniously designed a comparison group. He first put the MSN installation package on a public server, and then, in front of Bill Gates, downloaded the two software, QQ and MSN, at the same time.
As a result, in less than five minutes, the download of MSN was successfully completed, and at this time, the download of QQ was only about 20%.
As a result, the two of them waited for 20 minutes before the download of QQ was completed.
Then, it was the installation of the two software, which was also the beginning.
It had to be admitted that the installation of MSN was also very fast. It was almost completed in the blink of an eye, and QQ took about three minutes to complete. There was also an installation failure in the middle, and the problem of having to be reinstalled.
When he saw this, Bill Gates's smile was about to overflow.
Finally, it was the experience of the smoothness of the two software. The two computers began to enter the level at the same time, and the two accounts had already added 100 friends in advance.
"Start sending messages!" Hulk ordered, and these 100 friends sent messages to this account at the same time, and Brother Hulk was responsible for opening these pop-up windows.
As a result, after about ten pop-up windows were opened, QQ was stuck, and the computer couldn't be controlled. No matter how the mouse was clicked, the screen didn't move.
On the other hand, MSN persisted until the 40th pop-up window before the system collapsed.
"Good! Great!!! " Bill Gates couldn't hold back his smile at this time. He patted Hulk's shoulder hard, and then said directly, "Mr. Hulk is indeed a great talent. In front of the new version of MSN, QQ is no match at all. I announce that this upgraded version will be released immediately, and at the same time, Mr. Hulk will fully take over the daily management and operation of MSN!! "
"No hurry!" In the face of Bill Gates's praise and heavy responsibility, Hulk said very calmly, "Even if we all think it is very good, this doesn't necessarily represent what the users think. So, we might as well release the closed beta version on the forum now, let a few users test it, and see their comments before making a decision! "
"After all, changing a major version is a very big matter, and it will affect the experience of all the existing users. If we change it directly without getting direct feedback from the users, there will still be a lot of hidden dangers!" Hulk said.
"Good! Excellent! " Bill Gates completely trusted and admired Hulk, and at the same time, he began to believe that Jobs had taken away Hulk's credit.
After all, it was rare to see such a steady and meticulous person like Hulk. This was the great talent that Microsoft needed!
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