Back to 1995

In a mansion in New York, Bill Gates, who has not shown his face for a long time, stands in front of a mirror and looks at the figure in the mirror.

The so-called beauty is easy to be old and the hero is late, even if he is unwilling to admit it, looking at the gray-haired figure in the mirror, Bill Gates has to admit that he has entered the second half of his life.

Just a few years ago, he was the head of Microsoft. Although there were many controversies surrounding Microsoft at that time, and he was thrown cakes, Bill Gates felt at that time that he was at his prime of life. I never thought that my career would end like that.

But in just a few years, all of Bill Gates' plans were shattered. The antitrust investigation launched by Netscape pushed Microsoft into a corner, and Bill Gates had to choose to retire to avoid the edge.

But Bill Gates didn't expect that this retreat would reach such a point, bringing his career to the end, let alone that the moment he quit, the Internet crashed, and the company that was about to hang Microsoft The root of the reins disappeared just like that. I knew it would be like this. Bill Gates would never give up his position as the head of the company.

Bill Gates is well aware of everything that is happening at Microsoft right now. Although Ballmer has made major adjustments to Microsoft executives since he took office, many of the veterans who once belonged to Bill Gates have been transferred from the headquarters, and even He was immediately driven away, but after being in charge of Microsoft for so many years, how could Bill Gates' influence disappear so quickly? It is still easy for him to know what happened to Microsoft!

The figure in the mirror, with the corners of his mouth curled up, showed his iconic smile in front of the media, but today’s smile contained jokes, anger, and a bit of disdain. Of course Bill Gates knew that this time the Vista system The release will not be so smooth, and people will be secretly tripped up.

But Bill Gates doesn't care. He believes that the new system developed by himself leading the team can become a legend like the previous XP system. This is his greatest reliance and Bill Gates' pride.

As long as the Vista system can be sold well, then Bill Gates will take back everything he got from Microsoft, and all conspiracies and schemes are jokes in front of absolute strength!

As for the failure of the Vista system, Bill Gates has not thought about it yet, and in fact he dare not think about it. He is no longer young, and Microsoft is not when he and Paul Allen were in charge. This defeat, Bill Gates Gates knew he had no chance...

The tiger is strong, not to mention Microsoft, the traditional overlord of the technology industry. Although they are touting that today is the era of the Internet, no one can deny the strength of Microsoft.

When Microsoft announced that Vista will hold a global press conference, whether it is technology media or not, there is a large influx of media, and media such as the technology channel of ICNC TV station also broadcast the whole process.

The Microsoft press conference, Song Yang's camp, naturally also paid attention, Alcatel Group President Ertian, ICQ's Irene, ICQ Chief Technology Officer Wesley, Fortinet EMC Group's Jotus, Xie Qing, the two founders of Google President Schmidt and Larry Page, the co-president of PayPal and Wikipedia Aaron Swartz, the president of the new Pets pet platform Evan Spiegel, etc. Came to San Jose Manor.

In the hall of the manor, a buffet was set up. All the people present were their own people, and there was no media present. Naturally, there were not so many scruples. Everyone had a good chat. In addition, Evan Spiegel, who has the attribute of a social cow, was there , the atmosphere will naturally not be bad.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who have already been promoted to Mr. 50 billion dollars and are attacking Mr. [-] billion dollars, are holding a plate of cold food and looking at a big man in front of them. them.

This is the first time they have come to the home of the big money owner to participate in this kind of gathering. The people in front of them, if they are randomly pulled out, are all figures who can make waves in Silicon Valley and even in the American technology industry. Now including Larry Perry Including Qi and the others, they are all under the tent of the big benefactor. After entering this banquet, they have a deeper understanding of the strength of the big benefactor.

"Director Bruno!"

When Song Yangjin went to the gathering hall, Ertian, Wesley, Evan Spiegel and others shouted to Song Yang in unison.

Song Yang waved his hand to let everyone feel free, and then everyone's eyes were on the press conference of Microsoft Vista system which was being broadcast live.

"This is the longest release conference in the history of Microsoft, and we believe that all Microsoft users are looking forward to the arrival of the new system.

Welcome to the global press conference of Microsoft's next-generation system Windows Vista! "

After the host finished speaking, Bill Gates slowly walked to the front of the stage. When he saw the figure of Bill Gates, it was still the same as before. There was a burst of boos and then bursts of applause. Like Bill Gates, but no one can deny the ability of this man.

"Compared with the previous generation system, the new Vista system has added more than a hundred new functions, including the UCA account control system, which can make Vista's file management more secure and prevent more viruses!"

As soon as he came up, Bill Gates threw out the UCA account management system he is most proud of in Vista. UCA can indeed improve the security of the computer system to a certain extent, and can prevent some malicious programs from being installed when they are installed. Okay, but this thing actually has more requirements for user permissions. For example, what if the user wants to install a software and UCA does not allow it, or the user operates a certain program, which is detected by UCA and keeps What about pop-up reminders? !

"UCA account control system may become a disaster for this system!"

Seeing Bill Gates, who is hard at work introducing the UCA function on the TV station, and ICQ Chief Technology Officer Wesley, who has the title of "Father of Internet Social Networking", said to the point.

As a man who has developed social products such as ICQ, Twitter, Skype, LinkedIn, and Facebook, Wesley has dealt with users too many times and understands their psychology too well.

The Microsoft UCA system is well-intentioned, but if it frequently pops up windows and keeps refusing users to install or use a certain program, what users will feel is not security but disgust. In the end, they may even hate the victory of the Microsoft UCA system. Get over your fear of dangerous programs!

"In addition to the UCA account control system, Vista also launched a new graphical user interface, search functions, media creation tools, and new media center, network, audio, printing, display subsystems and more!"

On the stage, Bill Gates showed the interface of the new system to the audience. The transparent window has dynamic effects, especially the frosted glass transparent effect, which looks very gorgeous. At least the operation effect is far better than the XP system. It seems that the new The system seems to be very powerful.

In the San Jose manor, a group of people were watching the live broadcast, discussing in low voices from time to time.

Microsoft's new system is not only related to Microsoft, but almost all computer hardware manufacturers equipped with Microsoft systems, based on Microsoft systems, all kinds of software developed, including ICQ, Google, PayPal, Fortinet and other software, must also be upgraded Even the municipal departments, major companies, cash machines, banking systems, telecommunications systems and many other places equipped with Microsoft systems will have to change accordingly. This is a change involving more than [-] billion US dollars.

After Bill Gates introduced the functions of the Vista system to the crowd, he walked off the stage unsatisfied and took a big sip of water. At this time, the sales president of Microsoft came to the stage. At this time, Song Yang also cast his eyes on the TV.

Whether the new system is powerful or not is one thing, but in the end it is the price that will affect the sales. If there is a elixir for sale, everyone will know that it is a good thing, but it is the price that can really decide whether people can use it or not. price!
"Microsoft Vista system will be divided into personal version, home version, enterprise version, upgrade version and other versions, among which the personal version is priced at 240 US dollars, and the enterprise version is priced at 650 US dollars..."

When they heard the price, there was a burst of exclamation from the audience at the press conference. Obviously, the price exceeded the expectations of the outside world. Bill Gates, who was drinking water, showed a surprised look on his face, and couldn't help but look at Bao. Elmer looked in the direction, but when he saw the latter, he just looked at the press conference with a smile on his face, and didn't seem to notice Bill Gates' eyes.

"Is Microsoft crazy? This price is more than twice as high as that of the XP system!"

In the San Jose manor, when he heard the pricing of the Vista system, Evan Spiegel couldn't help scolding. Although he knew that this was the new system that had just been launched, the price would definitely be lowered for sales in the future, but the price was higher than The original system was twice as high, which still makes people feel outrageous.

Even for major companies, just buying a new Microsoft system is still a big burden. Modern companies basically use computers for office work. Take the Pets company he is in charge of as an example, and now has more than 650 employees. Hundreds of people, even if the system is upgraded for 130 computers, according to the current price of $[-] for the enterprise version, the cost of system upgrade alone exceeds $[-] million. This is just one company. Think about how many companies there are in America and overseas. How much do you spend on this system.

"ICQ, PayPal, Google, Fortinet and other companies are temporarily suspending the release of new versions of software adapted to the Vista system!"

Just as Evan Spiegel and others were discussing, they suddenly heard Song Yang's words. This time, everyone in the hall of the manor froze there, not knowing what Song Yang said.

Irene, Jotus, Schmidt and others all frowned. They thought more. The first thought was whether Song Yang was going to war with Microsoft, otherwise how could he make such a move!
"Don't worry about starting a war with Microsoft. It's not that ICQ and other companies are not allowed to update the new version adapted to the Vista system. It's just that... it will take a few days later. This will not affect the relationship with Microsoft."

Song Yang said to the people in the hall, he didn't say that there was a fight between gods and gods inside Microsoft, but all the people present were also veterans. Hearing Song Yang's words, they could more or less see some clues, they had a hunch, I'm afraid Microsoft is going to have a big deal!