Chapter 1543 Various means
The development of the world is always unexpected. Daqian and Microsoft, who seemed to be about to kill themselves, suddenly stopped magically at this moment.
Microsoft removed the patch for the latest QQ update, and Daqian also gave up the promotion of WPS, and all advertisements were removed from the shelves. Overnight, it seemed that the whole world was quiet.
Of course, a well-informed person soon got the news and sold it to the media as soon as possible. As a result, people around the world quickly learned about Daqian and Microsoft's bet on QQ and MSN.
The media immediately used the news to interview Microsoft and Daqian. At first, Microsoft did not admit it, but what Microsoft did not expect was that Daqian admitted it in one word.
They even announced the number of active users confirmed by both parties, of which the total number of outstanding users of QQ is 13.16 million, while the total number of active users of MSN is 10.71 million.
This made Microsoft very angry, but Microsoft soon discovered that as the news was admitted, the war between QQ and MSN instantly became a hot topic of attention all over the world, and various related news flew everywhere.
If there is a hot search list at this time, you will find that the popularity of QQ and MSN has increased by more than ten times in a short period of time. Almost everyone is enthusiastically discussing the matter of QQ and MSN, discussing who loses and who wins and who wins. In a short period of time, these two software almost occupied the core of everyone's chat.
However, although there were no hot searches, Daqian and Microsoft soon realized the popularity of this time, because in just one day, the number of downloads and active users of QQ and MSN increased by nearly 4 million, running towards the 5 million figure.
QQ and MSN have developed for two years, and the other has been around for more than a year. As a result, users who have accumulated these time have completed 1/3 in one week.
These are obviously traffic brought by bets. Those who have never heard of QQ and MSN, or have heard of them but are not interested in these two software, after knowing this bet, they all began to download these two software curiously, want to see who is better and bet by the way.
That's right, it's betting.
The gambling industry in the United States and Europe is both legal. When the bets between QQ and MSN emerge, betting companies with keen sense of smell all release the market, allowing customers to bet on QQ and MSN.
Many people who plan to place bets naturally need to download QQ and MSN as soon as possible, and then see who is better and which one should choose. Anyway, the entire United States is extremely lively by this matter, and the number of users naturally soared.
Bill Gates soon realized that he had to admit it because he didn't admit it, and it would seem guilty. If he was guilty, everyone would be more optimistic about QQ and QQ would have the advantage.
At the same time, Bill Gates also realized that this seemed to be no longer a simple bet to decide whether to ban QQ, but a major event related to the future of Microsoft and Daqian companies. If Microsoft loses this time, it is probably not Microsoft that will become a joke among many people.
Moreover, this time, if either QQ or MSN loses, he will probably not be able to lose, and it will completely become the tears of the times. This is a war that determines the instant messaging portal of the Internet era, and Microsoft must not lose!
Although Bill Gates felt that his chances of winning were definitely more than 80%, he was not a person who underestimated the enemy. After discovering the importance of this bet, Bill Gates immediately made corresponding arrangements.
First, at the next press conference, Bill Gates pretended to admit the bet very inadvertently, and then directly stated that Microsoft is now in an advantage... Anyway, the result is finally coming out, whoever wins and loses in the process depends on who can blow his mouth more.
Anyway, judging from Bill Gates' performance at the press conference, this bet is just a small game, and Microsoft will undoubtedly win.
Many people also believe this. Although the total number of people now seems to be still the advantage of QQ, QQ is a Chinese-run enterprise after all. How can a company that is closed and backward and does not comply with the market economy be able to beat Microsoft, which is free, democratic and universal?
After all, who would believe that Brazil would be kicked 0:7 in football by others?
So, on all the markets in the United States and Europe, the odds of buying Microsoft began to plummet, and the odds of buying Daqian began to skyrocket, all of which reached the point of losing 2.2 by 1.
But soon, Microsoft took a new move, that is, Microsoft announced that all systems for sale in the future will be bound to be installed with MSN, so that users can contact more easily.
If this is the case, it would be fine. What is more successful is that all Microsoft's software will follow the software and MSN software, and then when the software is installed, MSN will be automatically installed.
Of course, if the user is unwilling to do so, you can not install it. Just click on the details of the installation interface, click on the notes, click on the additional software, and then cancel the small hook in front of the MSN. It is very simple, but it only requires a few extra clicks.
According to statistics from some people who are interested, MSN has added 10 million installations in just one month. According to their statistics, in the next year, MSN can increase the number of installations by relying on these binding installation routines alone.
Although the number of installations does not equal the number of active users, as long as there is a conversion rate of 10%, it is 10 million active users. How can Microsoft lose?
Seeing these measures, netizens criticized Microsoft for being shameless, while starting to buy Microsoft's winning handicap. In an instant, they gave Daqian's odds a 1-1 penalty and went to 3.1.
Daqian on the other side is not so lucky. After all, Daqian does not have such monopoly resources to QQ. At most, it will install QQ for Internet cafes all over China, and then preinstall QQ for all Xiaomi computers in advance, and uninstall the pre-installed MSN in the system.
There seems to be no other means for others.
Oh, by the way, it seems that Taobao announced that they will add online service functions in the future and become strategic partners with QQ. In the future, all customer service on Taobao will be carried out directly through QQ. Taobao buyers must also download QQ to communicate and contact the seller normally.
However, these things are all drops of the bucket. In fact, QQ has been installed in advance in the Internet cafes throughout China, and it cannot add many active users.
As for Xiaomi computers, the current shipment volume of about 800,000 units per month is only 10 million in a year, less than one-tenth of Microsoft's.
As for Taobao, there are even fewer ones. After all, there are not many people buying things on Taobao now.
However, secretly, many evil forces specializing in pirated CDs on Windows systems have received a hidden message, that is, if they sell pirated Microsoft system CDs, if MSN is removed and QQ is bound at the same time, they can get a commission of 10 cents for every CD they sell.
For a moment, QQ was well-known among pirated merchants!
Anyway, for this war, both sides have used all kinds of shameless means, and they have used all the useful ones.
Chapter completed!