Microsoft's new system has been released, and everyone at Microsoft feels proud. Being suppressed by Lian Xiang Yinshan in the past few months has made them quite depressed.
Microsoft hasn't had this kind of anger since 1995. Even before 1995, Microsoft was already very powerful, but not that strong yet.
Since 1995, which hardware manufacturer has not looked down upon Microsoft? All hardware must cooperate with Microsoft's system, because this system is the best to use and has the largest sales volume. PCs with Microsoft systems pre-installed will sell better.
The application software developed by software vendors must also be able to run on Microsoft systems. If not, sales will not be very good, unless it is a special type of application software.
Microsoft has been the overlord for ten years. Even if the whole world is suing Microsoft, it cannot shake Microsoft's dominance. But their status was challenged by a company they had never taken seriously.
Starting from the smartphone operating system, to office software, and then to the PC operating system, every step seems to be against Microsoft.
But at that time, Microsoft couldn't teach the other party a lesson.
But things are different now. Once Microsoft's new system is released, according to past practice, opponents will quickly retreat. That's how the original competitors were defeated by Microsoft, and this time will be no exception.
Just when Bill Gates and others thought they could reap the fruits of victory, Steve Ballmer brought bad news.
"Bill, Yingte refused our request."
"What? Intel actually dared to refuse our request!" Bill Gates felt very incredible.
It cannot be said that Intel has always followed Microsoft's lead, but since Microsoft became the industry leader, Intel has always had to look at Microsoft's face. It can be said that it is precisely because of Microsoft's system that the computer industry has developed rapidly. Microsoft's contribution is greater than that of all hardware manufacturers.
It can also be said that Microsoft's success has brought greater benefits to those hardware manufacturers. Even Intel, the top hardware manufacturer, has not always required the CPU to cooperate with Microsoft's system.
Aren't they afraid that Microsoft will add some programs to the system to optimize the performance of AMD's CPU
Yes, now Ying Teer is really not afraid anymore, because Chaowei has fallen into Feng Yu's arms, and it can be said that he and Lian Xiang Yinshan are already in the same group.
Intel had no choice before. Microsoft was the dominant player. Neither IBM nor fruit companies could have any impact on Microsoft. Microsoft's software and even IT dominance were unbreakable.
But things are different now, and Intelligent has new choices. They can choose to support XOS, a cheaper system, which is also in the interests of PC manufacturers.
The interests of PC manufacturers are consistent with the interests of hardware manufacturers, or they complement each other.
In other words, Intel can now ask Microsoft to make some changes, such as lowering some prices, otherwise it will not load Microsoft's core into their chips.
"Bill, the impact of the emergence of XOS is greater than we imagined, and Lianxiang Yinshan Software Company paid a huge price just to promote their system. Now more than half of the hardware manufacturers and PC manufacturers have been taken over by them. . According to this trend, all hardware manufacturers will support XOS in the future, without exception. At that time, we will be even more passive."
When software is powerful, it can check and balance hardware manufacturers, but when hardware manufacturers join forces, they can also check and balance software companies. This is why Microsoft has been unable to make its own branded PCs, even though they have great advantages, just because they can't.
Once Microsoft takes advantage of its software dominance to produce PCs, the interests of other PC manufacturers will be greatly affected, and Microsoft may truly monopolize the industry, which is what those hardware manufacturers absolutely do not want to see.
So if Microsoft wants to produce PCs, then all hardware manufacturers will increase their shipping prices, making Microsoft's PCs completely unprice competitive and even shockingly poor in performance-price ratio. Even if Microsoft's own software is its own, it can't make up for this. gap.
What Microsoft is talking about with Intel this time is that it will no longer carry the XOS system and exclusively supply Microsoft systems, thus using Intel's status as the CPU leader to squeeze out the sales of XOS systems.
But they forgot that it was no longer the time when they spoke casually and the other party had to comply. They put forward this condition, but did not give any benefit to Yingteer. How could Yingteer agree
What's more, Lianxiang Yinshan gave Yingte some benefits, which made Yingte quite satisfied.
"Contact all hardware manufacturers, Lianxiang Yinshan must have given them benefits. Do you think we should also pay some price, squeeze them out, sign exclusive contracts, or compete head-on with Lianxiang Yinshan?" Bill Gates No. 1 When making a decision, I hesitated.
"An exclusive contract is unlikely. Lianxiang Yinshan must have signed the contract first. The price we have to pay will be very high, so we can only compete head-on." Ballmer hesitated and said.
"Then go ahead and sign the contract as soon as possible and let the market speak for itself!"
Ballmer had just left, and Paul Allen walked in.
"Bill, things don't look too promising."
"It's not very optimistic, but we are Microsoft, and our status is not easy to challenge!" Bill Gates looked confident.
"It has been a few days since our new system was released, but those software companies have not announced that they will launch products that only support our new system, or even products that are compatible with our new system. This was simply impossible before. !”
After Microsoft launched a new system, those software companies would announce the development of products that support Microsoft's new system and make their original products compatible with Microsoft's new system.
But this time, it seemed that all the software companies were silent. It seemed that they had not considered supporting Microsoft's system at all.
If they do not support Microsoft systems, how can their products be sold and used by more users? Unless they think that more users will choose the XOS system or continue to use the XP system, and not many people will choose to buy this new VISTA system!
"Don't worry, we must be tough at this time. Let those software companies understand that it is their loss if they do not support our new system. When those PC manufacturers launch computers equipped with our new system, they will regret it. I will obediently make compatibility patches!"
Bill Gates' confidence also infected Paul Allen. He thought about it and agreed with Bill Gates' point of view, just because they are Microsoft!
… (To be continued.)