The Windows system was going to be fully legal and pirated versions were going to be banned?
After the news spread on the internet, Zhang Zian
Without a doubt, the netizens immediately scolded.
"I've been using pirated versions for decades, and suddenly you want me to use the original version?"
"Do you know how expensive the original Windows is? The cheapest is 399, the most expensive is 699, 899! Who can fork out so much money? "
"What's so expensive about a few hundred dollars? I've seen many people buy games, skins, top-up equipment, and pay-to-win mobile games on Steam. They don't even bat an eyelid when it comes to the operating system? "
Someone immediately retorted, "Rich people are the minority, the majority are the poor losers! You said that a few hundred dollars is nothing, then you'll bear the expenses. Don't talk like it's easy! "
"Indeed, it's time to fully use the original version. Many pirated systems have a lot of junk software and viruses. They're not safe. It's better to spend a few hundred dollars for security."
This was also rebutted, "Who said that the original Windows is safe? Did you see Xing Hai Technologies' press conference? Whether it's the original or the pirated version, backdoors and loopholes exist. You can't buy privacy and security with money! "
"I don't care, I'm used to using pirated versions, I can't change it. I won't spend a single cent!"
"It's illegal to use pirated versions again! The Copyright Administration and the law enforcement department have stipulated that after the 25th of March, as long as the number of pirated versions exceeds 100, the law enforcement department will file a case. Not only will the offender be fined more than 30,000 dollars, but the offender will also have to go to jail for more than half a year. A reporting channel has also been opened. The informant can get half of the fine. After the 25th, if you install a pirated version of the operating system, Microsoft will send out an anti-piracy program to block your PC's screen. "
This …
The person flew into a rage out of humiliation, "Then … then I won't use the Windows system anymore! I want to use another computer! "
"I heard that the Xinghai computer's Xuanyuan operating system is free. I'll use the Xinghai computer in the future, okay?"
"That's right! You dare to take our money, we won't use you anymore! "
The netizens said one after another.
…
M nation.
Microsoft Headquarters.
The news of the Z nation's strict anti-piracy reached here.
Microsoft's executives held an emergency meeting.
In the meeting, in the face of this great news, none of the Microsoft executives showed a happy smile.
On the contrary, they panicked.
A senior executive asked the president, Brian Annick, "Brian, Z country is getting serious. What should we do?"
Brian Annick's expression was extremely unsightly.
In fact, regarding the fight against piracy, he had pressured the Z country many times. He often criticized the Z country in public for failing to protect intellectual property rights.
Now that the Z nation had stepped in and announced the complete eradication of piracy, it would immediately bring huge economic benefits to Microsoft.
The Z country's market was too big. There were more than one billion Windows devices, but the legal rate was less than 10%.
If all of them were genuine, they would have to pay a minimum of 399 yuan per unit. Multiplied by one billion …
That was an astonishing income of more than 400 billion!
If the shareholders and investors knew that Z country was going to adopt the legal version, Microsoft's share price would definitely skyrocket.
But …
The news couldn't have been announced earlier or later, but they just had to choose this time to fight against the bandits.
Brian Annick was not happy at all.
Even the other executives could see the problem.
"Conspiracy, this is a conspiracy by the Z people!"
"They want to use the Windows system to charge fees and promote their own system."
"Everyone likes free stuff. If we charge for it, those free systems will steal our market and threaten our dominance."
"So we can't accept the invitation from the Z country's Copyright Bureau. We won't send a black screen program to the computers of pirated users!"
In fact, with Microsoft's technical strength, they had many ways to curb those pirated operating systems in the Z country's market.
As long as your computer did not have a genuine system activation code or a genuine purchase record, not only would you be sent a black screen program, but you would also be sent a blue screen program and a green screen program, rendering your computer unusable.
Anti-piracy had never been a technical problem for Microsoft.
But for some reason, they didn't do so.
“NoNoNo！”
Brian Annick waved his hand and said, "We can't refuse. Once we refuse, our intentions will be exposed."
He felt like he had shot himself in the foot. Didn't he ask the Z country to help fight piracy many times? Now that the Z country had agreed and decided to eliminate the pirated system within a year, they didn't cooperate in terms of technology. They didn't send a black screen program.
They suddenly took a step back and didn't participate in the fight against piracy.
What did this mean?
So this was where Brian Annick felt the most awkward.
After some discussion, they came up with the final solution:
1. Actively participate in the Z country's anti-piracy campaign and get a good financial report this year.
2. Reduce the price of the genuine operating system in the Z country's market to 150, 300, and 450 dollars, so that all Z country users could afford the genuine operating system.
…
After Microsoft's response plan was spread to the Z country.
The netizens on the internet were discussing it again.
One of them, a senior blogger with the ID "Changing Winds and Clouds" wrote an analysis article. It was widely spread and received countless acknowledgement.
"A guess that I made many years ago has finally been confirmed."
"This guess was also made by the famous Professor Mi Nanguang. That is, the widespread pirated Windows operating system in the Z country is the result of Microsoft's tacit consent."
"The purpose is to occupy the Z country's market and stop the rise of domestic operating systems."
"Is it really that difficult to fight piracy? Must the Z country's government cooperate to eliminate it? "
"Obviously not! It's very simple for Microsoft to fight piracy. They can install many backdoors or loopholes in the operating system. As long as you're not using the genuine version, you'll immediately be rendered a black screen. You won't be able to use it at all. Ordinary people can't create an operating system. Faced with such anti-piracy measures, they won't be able to resist. "
"But Microsoft didn't do so. Instead, they pushed the blame to the Z country's government and pinned the label of inadequate protection of intellectual property. This is a very sinister approach!"
"The reason why Microsoft acquiesces to piracy is very simple. The Z country's market is too big. Even if they only ask the government and all companies to use pirated operating systems, they'll make a lot of money. If they ask everyone in the Z country to use genuine operating systems, multiplying the expensive Windows operating system, they'll have a market of at least 300 to 400 billion. Microsoft can forget about eating it all!"
"Because if I were the Z country's government, I'd rather spend 100 billion to develop my own operating system than watch Microsoft make so much money."
"If I were an IT company, I'd also be willing to invest all my funds to build my own operating system and eat a big piece of the cake."
"This is the reason why our own operating system hasn't appeared or can't become the mainstream. It's because Microsoft killed them with piracy."
"This is exactly Microsoft's business strategy. They don't care about piracy at all. They just want to firmly occupy this market and reap the harvest in the future."
But there were also people who raised doubts. The Windows operating system also charged fees in Europe and Japan. Why did they only allow piracy in the Z country? Wasn't this the Z country's government's fault?
The problem was, how could a small market of tens of millions of people compare to a large market of more than a billion people?
With the size of the Z country, as long as a company discovered that the operating system market exceeded 100 billion every year, it was likely that dozens or even hundreds of operating systems would emerge in a short period of time. The price war would be incomparably fierce. Why would the operating system that emerged in the end be afraid of Windows?
It was the same for the domestic standalone game industry.
It was precisely piracy that destroyed unlimited possibilities.
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