Back to 1995

For the Microsoft drama, Song Yang is just beating the side drums. For the real drama, Ballmer and Bill Gates have to sing. As long as they decide the winner, Song Yang's camp will keep up. It is enough to launch the Vista version of the software. This Christmas, anyway, there is no shortage of fun to watch.

The publicity around the Vista system has begun overwhelmingly. It seems that everything is normal, but inside Microsoft, the atmosphere is a bit strange, and all the executives of Microsoft are walking on eggshells.

Outside Ballmer's office, several assistants were outside. Hearing the loud noise of arguing inside, they didn't dare to say anything. After a while, Bill Gates walked out of the office with an extremely ugly face.

Looking back at Ballmer's office, Bill Gates was furious when he saw the bald man sitting on the president's seat. He didn't expect that one day, he would be stabbed in the back by his own people!

In a trance, Bill Gates suddenly remembered an old man. Paul Allen, the big brother who was kicked out of Microsoft's management by him and Ballmer, jointly robbed him of the equity back then. Bill Gates gave a wry smile. When it comes to what is the way of heaven and reincarnation, who will the sky spare!
Ballmer looked at the figure of Bill Gates leaving, and sighed helplessly. What Bill Gates argued with him just now was the pricing of the Vista system. Microsoft's sales department and channels were under Ballmer's control. Now, he can determine the pricing power of the Vista system, which is twice the price of the XP system, which is also decided by Ballmer.

Ballmer set such a high price. On the surface, of course, he believed that the Vista system would be a big hit, but in fact, he didn't want the new system to be a big hit. He didn't want to be kicked out of the position of head of Microsoft. He will be destroyed by heaven and earth!
"The frenzy is coming, and the sales volume of the Vista system has exceeded one million units on the first day of its launch!"

The dead camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that Microsoft is still a unique business. Apart from it, there is no other operating system to choose from. Apple's operating system is only installed on its own brand of computers. As for the Liunx system, it is really It is too niche, except for some electronic enthusiasts who are using it, ordinary people don't use it at all, and they don't know how to adjust this system.

On the first day of sale, Microsoft Vista sold over one million sets of systems, and the sales exceeded [-] million US dollars. The stock price of Microsoft rose sharply, and even drove the stocks of the entire computer concept sector to soar. Many analysts believe that, The big sales of Vista can drive the hot sales of major computer brands and computer accessories.

This is the same as the big sales of Alcatel mobile phones, and the entire component suppliers can make a lot of money. Although Microsoft sells the system, it can also drive computer brands, as well as the hot sales of Intel and other processors, graphics cards and other components. If Vista The system can reach the level of XP, and the impact it brings is much greater than that of Alcatel mobile phones!

After the sales of Microsoft Vista system on the first day were released, major media magazines praised Microsoft, and major Wall Street institutions raised their stock price and revenue expectations for Microsoft one after another.

"The Vista system will bring Microsoft back to the top!"

"The first day of sales in America broke one million. Bill Gates once again proved his strength in the operating system!"

"Merrill Lynch and many other Wall Street institutions have raised Microsoft's revenue for the next quarter. It is estimated that the sales volume of the Vista system will exceed [-] million units in the next quarter, and the global sales volume may exceed [-] million units in the future!"

In the media, Microsoft's Vista system is full of praise. It seems that the high price has not affected the sales of Microsoft's new system at all.

The next day, Vista began to go online in major markets around the world, and the sales soared to more than 300 million sets. The media exclaimed that Bill Gates was still alive, and threatened that the Vista system might set a new sales record, possibly reaching 4000 million in a single month. Terrible sales of the system!
But when the media was singing the praises of the Vista system, the Tennessee state newspaper, which is the most conservative in America and the most resistant to the technology industry, suddenly reposted the complaints and dissatisfaction of users about the Vista system on an electronic forum in America. .

"Some users questioned that the price of Microsoft's new system is too high, and users who have already purchased and installed the Vista system are dissatisfied with the experience of the new system, especially Microsoft's UCA account control system, thinking that this is an operation against human IQ!

In addition, the compatibility of Vista has also been questioned by users. Many commonly used software in America are not compatible with the Vista system. Sierra, the world's largest game platform, cannot run on the new Microsoft system. Currently, on Vista, any game In addition, ICQ, Twitter, Google, PayPay, ebay, Amazon, Symbian Music Store, IMDB, Netflix and many other software have not been updated to adapt to the new version of Vista, and can only be used on the original system! "

This was originally just a Tennessee media report. Microsoft didn't care, at least Bill Gates didn't care too much. Which technology company releases a new product that can satisfy 6% of the people? I don't see Alcatel releasing a new product every time. Phones have been complained about by various tricks, even the P[-] is no exception.

But what happened next was beyond Microsoft's expectations, and a large number of news and comments complaining about Vista suddenly appeared on Yahoo's technology channel.

"Microsoft Vista's so-called new 3D window interface has never been experienced at all. At least it needs to be replaced with the latest graphics card from Nvidia and Diamond to experience it!"

"After turning on the computer, 50% of the memory is gone. Turn on the Vista system, and you don't have to do anything, just look at it!"

"Funk, this is the slowest system I've ever used. Can you imagine that it takes 5 minutes to open a program?!"

"Except for the software that comes with Vista, the rest of the software either cannot be opened or cannot be used. What am I using this system for?!"

Starting from Yahoo, other Internet media platforms such as AOL, Lycos, and ICQ, Twitter, etc., began to have overwhelming negative reviews of the Vista system, and even Microsoft's own MSN portal was full of criticism. The editors and reviewers of MSN couldn't delete the bad reviews at all, and they almost shut down the site.

"The hardware configuration of the Vista system is too high. Computer manufacturers and users need to replace high-performance memory, graphics cards, screens and other components to fully run this system.

In addition, ICQ, IBM, Oracle and other software manufacturers have announced that they are stepping up the development of new versions of software adapted to the Vista system, but they may not be able to release new versions of software around Christmas.

Because of hardware and software problems, the sales of Vista system may be affected, and the follow-up sales of Vista may be on the sidelines! "

The Wall Street Journal also made a report. Although it did not say that the Vista system will encounter Waterloo, it also said that the major computer manufacturers still have some doubts about whether to upgrade their hardware facilities because of a system.

After all, in the past, these computer manufacturers sold computers equipped with the XP system and sold them well, earning a lot of money, but now they upgrade their hardware facilities in order to run a system, and they may not be able to sell well. It's strange if they are willing, after all, they are the ones who spend money to upgrade the hardware. They leave the factory with the system, and they have to pay Microsoft. It's hell to be happy.

As for the major software manufacturers, some of them really don’t have time to develop software that is fully compatible with Vista, and some of them are purely fun people. When public opinion emerged, IBM, Oracle, and Yahoo had already had a disagreement with Microsoft. The company is very sensitive to the change in the direction of the wind, and they all chose to stand still and not upgrade the software for the time being. Other software companies have also followed up. This sentence has really been verified. Microsoft is in trouble, and everyone praises it!

This has led to the mainstream software in America, except for Microsoft's own software upgrades, the rest of the software under ICQ, Oracle, Yahoo, IBM, etc., are pretending to be stupid and using various reasons to shirk the upgrade. Software for Vista system.

What will happen when the hardware and software do not match the new Microsoft system? !

Of course, as many new systems as Microsoft sells, there will be as many popular scolders, first on forums and portal websites, then followed by major traditional media, bad reviews and dissatisfied public opinion, began to overwhelming Microsoft , Money refunds are emerging in endlessly, and the voices clamoring for Microsoft to refund money are wave after wave!
Under the overwhelming scolding, the companies and individual users who originally wanted to buy the Vista system couldn't help but become cautious for a while. After all, after spending hundreds of dollars, the hardware can't run and the software doesn't work. Got a hammer? !
"Double-click company's market research agency Nielsen, the latest survey data show that the top [-] companies in America, including the university alliance, have temporarily avoided purchasing the Vista system. These companies and universities do not deny that they will purchase Microsoft's new system, but said that it may wait and see for the time being!"

"The American Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Administration stated that in order to ensure stable management, it will continue to use the XP system until June after Christmas. This is the first agency in America to announce that it will suspend the purchase of Microsoft Vista systems. There may be more in the future Federal agencies follow up!"

"Vista's sales suffered from Waterloo, the single-day sales fell by more than 63%, and the daily sales were only 73 sets, which fell below the first-day sales!"

At the Microsoft headquarters, seeing the various news that were constantly being fed back, as well as the sharp drop in sales, Bill Gates' face was livid, and then he sighed in vain.

"Director Bill Gates, the time for today's board meeting has arrived!"

An assistant came in and said cautiously to Bill Gates, now the whole Microsoft is in chaos, the sales and word-of-mouth of the Vista system have plummeted, which makes the whole Microsoft a little panicky, the stock price has plummeted or something, Microsoft doesn't care at all at this time Well, the key is that the operating system cannot be sold anymore. This is the reason why the entire Microsoft board of directors cannot sit still. If the operating system cannot be sold, it means that the foundation of Microsoft's survival has been shaken!

(End of this chapter)