Bill Gates hated the person in charge of the IT department. He had hidden such a huge bug in his system, and the IT department did not discover it. This bug was only exposed in 2000, and Microsoft's reputation was tarnished. It also gave the Daqian a chance to attack Microsoft!
This Y2K Bug crisis was the biggest crisis in Microsoft's reputation in history.
Although Microsoft had been embarrassed by MSN's problems, Microsoft is still in the market. But Bill Gates had pushed the blame to Microsoft, and it was only MSN. It had nothing to do with Microsoft's Windows operating system. That's why Microsoft's reputation was not affected.
But it is different this time. This time, Microsoft will bear a grudge against them.
Although the Y2K Bug crisis was a mistake made by everyone, Microsoft was not the only one who did not realize this problem. Most of the technology companies in the world also did not realize this problem. If not, the world would not be in chaos.
But now, all computers are using Microsoft operating systems. Traffic lights, radars, etc., are not using Microsoft operating systems, but they are not consumer products. The public will not care who is behind these products and who is the one providing the computer services.
All the users will only remember this logic. The Y2K Bug was caused by the computer operating system, and Windows operating system is the computer operating system. That's why Microsoft is useless.
Some nefarious media outlets also added fuel to the fire. They ridiculed Microsoft's outdated technologies, and Bill Gates is over 100 years old. All the public's anger towards this crisis was directed at Microsoft.
Anyway, someone must be the scapegoat for this crisis. This scapegoat will not be the users, and the government will not be involved. Microsoft is the best scapegoat.
Although Microsoft was wronged, they had monopolized the PC operating system market.
The bigger the scapegoat, the bigger the scapegoat!
Actually, Microsoft's IT department cannot be blamed. In history, Microsoft's IT department had discovered the existence of the Y2K Bug in 1998. At the same time, they started a worldwide investigation to solve this problem.
Therefore, in history, the Millennium Bug was already well known by people before 2000. Because people were prepared for it, it did not cause too much chaos.
But this world was different. Maybe it was because of the appearance of the Daqian, Microsoft's technical department did not discover the existence of the Millennium Bug. Of course, Boss Jia knew about it.
Boss Jia also mentioned that the Daqian company had told the media about the Y2K bug, but the Daqian company does not have Microsoft's influence. Many United States media ignored the Y2K bug, and this led to this crisis.
Of course, this was mainly because the Daqian had told a media outlet, and this media outlet didn't seem to have much influence. Anyway, the Daqian was innocent. I've already informed you, but you didn't pay attention, so it's none of my business!
So, a huge disaster happened, and the world lost more than 100 billion USD because of the Y2K bug. It's a pity!
On the other hand, Microsoft had been facing unprecedented criticism for the past few days. The Windows operating system crashes, blue screen, lags, and lost files were also affected by this crisis. Almost everyone on the internet is scolding the Windows operating system for being lousy. The Windows operating system's rating had dropped from 8.2 to 7.1 on Microsoft's website.
In the past, Bill Gates did not care about the negative comments on the internet. Other than getting angry, the netizens can't do anything about it. After all, other than spending a lot of money to buy a new Apple PC, there is no other way for them to change their operating system.
Although there is an open source operating system called Linun on the internet, and many professionals claim it is better than Windows in all aspects, Microsoft had never taken it seriously.
Although Linun might be better than Windows in some aspects, the operating system is not easy to operate. The more technical geeks play with the operating system, the more fancy it is. There are more than 10,000 different versions of the operating system, and Microsoft did not even bother to look at it seriously.
However, it was different this time. Those guys who were crazily attacking the Windows system on the Internet finally had a replacement to choose from. They immediately bought the Hongmeng system and tried it out. As a result, all of them went crazy and bragged about how awesome the Hongmeng system was in all kinds of forums. They said that it was so awesome that it would crush Windows for at least ten years. In an instant, it seemed that Windows was really going to fall.
In the beginning, Microsoft treated these people's words as nonsense. But when they found out that the Da Qian Group was behind the Hongmeng system, Microsoft, who had fought with the Da Qian Group a few times, knew that they had to take them seriously. So, Bill Gates immediately requested to get a Hongmeng system to experience it for himself. He wanted to see what the Da Qian Group was capable of. He wanted to see how daring the Da Qian Group was to replace them in the market.
On January 5th, a laptop with the Hongmeng operating system installed was delivered to Bill Gates, and Bill Gates started using it immediately.
On January 6th, Bill Gates called for an emergency meeting with the top management. All the top management gathered in the meeting room to discuss countermeasures.
At the start of the meeting, Bill Gates said in a serious tone. "Everyone, since Microsoft was founded in 1975, it has been 25 years. We have never met a true competitor in operating system."
"But it's different this time. We have met a strong competitor, and this competitor has the ability to defeat us!"
"Everyone, a strong competitor is coming!!!"
"A strong competitor is coming!!" After the meeting ended, this sentence spread like wildfire throughout Microsoft.
Of course, many Microsoft employees felt their Chairman is trying to scare them.
This wasn't some unimportant new market like MSN or something like that.
This is a market that Microsoft had dominated for more than a decade, and they have an irreplaceable monopoly. This is a market that can be defeated by any competitor.
Just look at the huge amount of software on the Windows operating system. No other operating system can beat Microsoft in this aspect.
After all, a system couldn't just be used. It also had to have the ability to adapt to all programs. If the system was changed and the original software couldn't be used, especially some office or professional software, it would be a disaster for anyone.
Changing the operating system will result in huge losses, and no company or individual can afford these losses. That's why only a fool would change the operating system.
"We are invincible!" Microsoft's employees replied proudly.
What happened next seemed to prove that this was the case. Although the Hongmeng system showed its face during the Millennium Bug crisis, many users remembered this name, and it even increased the sales of Daqian mobile phones. Even the Daqian 4, which was a money-losing product, sold about 800,000 units in a month, setting a new sales record in nine months.
However, the situation of the Hongmeng system didn't seem to have improved much. According to the statistics of the steam game stores, the Hongmeng system experienced a small surge in sales after the incident. A total of 30,000 discs were sold in a week.
After that, the Hongmeng system hit rock bottom. It was difficult to sell more than 100 copies a day. These buyers were either technical geeks or people with ulterior motives. In any case, the Hongmeng system did not really open up the market.
After all, Windows is an unbeatable opponent.
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