I Found A Planet

The Windows system must be fully genuine, and piracy must be completely banned?

After the news spread on the Internet.

Undoubtedly, the majority of netizens immediately scolded.

"I have been using the pirated version for decades, and suddenly you are asked to use the genuine one?"

"Do you know how expensive genuine Windows is? The cheapest is 399, and the most expensive ones are 699, 899! Who the hell pays so much?"

"What's the price of a few hundred yuan? I see a lot of people buying games, skins, top-up equipment, krypton gold mobile games, hundreds of dollars on Steam, without blinking their eyes, and nothing when it's the operating system's turn." ?”

Someone immediately retorted: "The rich are only a minority, and the poor are the majority! You say a few hundred yuan is nothing, so you bear the cost, don't stand and talk without back pain!"

"It's really time for a fully genuine version. Many pirated systems have a lot of junk software and Trojan horses, which are not safe. It's better to spend a few hundred yuan to buy a safe one."

This has also been criticized: "Who said that genuine Windows must be safe? Have you watched Xinghai Technology's press conference? Regardless of genuine pirated versions, backdoors exist just like loopholes. You can't buy privacy and security with money!"

"I don't care. Labor and capital piracy are used to it, and I can't change it. I won't spend a penny!"

"It will be illegal to use pirated copies again! The Copyright Bureau and law enforcement departments have stipulated that after March 25, as long as there are more than 100 copies of the pirated system, the law enforcement agencies will file a case. Not only will they be fined more than 30,000 yuan, but they will also be imprisoned for half a year. Above, and the reporting channel has been opened, the whistleblower can get half of the fine. If you install a pirated system after the 25th, Microsoft will push an anti-piracy program, so that your computer will have a black screen and you will not be able to use it directly.”

this……

The person became angry: "Then... then I don't use Windows system! I want to use another computer!"

"I heard that Xinghai Computer's Xuanyuan operating system is free. I will use Xinghai Computer's head office in the future, right?"

"Not bad! If you dare to take our money, we won't need you!"

Netizens said one after another.

...

Country M.

Microsoft corporate headquarters.

The news of country Z's severe anti-piracy spread here.

Microsoft executives held an emergency meeting.

At the meeting, in the face of this great news, none of the Microsoft executives showed a happy smile.

On the contrary, they were a little panicked.

An executive asked the president, Brian Annick, "Brian, Country Z is planning to get serious. What should we do?"

Brian Annick's complexion changed, very ugly.

Regarding the fight against piracy, he has actually put pressure on country Z many times, often criticizing country Z in public for its ineffective protection of intellectual property rights.

Now country Z has given its strength and announced the complete eradication of piracy, which will immediately bring huge economic benefits to Microsoft.

We must know that the market in country Z is too large. There are more than one billion Windows devices of various types, but the genuine rate is less than 10%.

If all the original copies are used, the minimum payment for each unit is 399 yuan, multiplied by one billion...

That is an astonishing income of more than 400 billion!

If shareholders and investors learn that country Z is about to fully license, Microsoft's stock will definitely skyrocket.

but……

The news was not announced sooner or later, but at this time it was decided to be tough against theft.

Brian Annick wasn't happy at all.

Other executives saw the problem, too.

"Conspiracy, this is a conspiracy by people from country Z!"

"They want to use the Windows system to charge and promote their own system."

"Everyone likes free things. If we charge for them, those free systems will steal our market and threaten our dominance."

"We cannot agree to the invitation of the Copyright Bureau of Country Z, we will not push black-screen programs to the computers of pirated users!"

In fact, with Microsoft's technical strength, some of the pirated operating systems in the country Z market have methods to curb them.

As long as your computer does not have a genuine system activation code and no genuine purchase records, not only black screen programs, blue screen programs, and green screen programs can also be sent to you, making your computer unable to use normally.

Anti-theft, for Microsoft, has never been a technical problem.

But for some reason, they didn't do it.

"No No No!"

Brian Annick waved his hand and said, "We can't refuse. Once we refuse, our intentions will be exposed."

He felt like shooting himself in the foot with a stone. Didn't he ask country Z to help fight piracy many times? Now country Z officially agreed, and decided to eliminate the pirated system within one year, but they did not cooperate technically, and did not send black screen programs.

Suddenly dragged back and stopped participating in the crackdown on piracy.

what does that mean?

So this is where Brian Annick is most embarrassed.

After discussing and negotiating, they came up with the final solution:

1. Actively participate in the anti-theft operation in country Z, and get a good financial report this year.

2. Reduce the price. The purchase price of the genuine operating system in the country Z market has been greatly reduced to 150 yuan, 300 yuan, and 450 yuan, so that all users in country Z can afford the genuine operating system.

...

Microsoft's response plan was passed on to Country Z.

Netizens on the Internet discussed it again.

A senior blogger whose ID is "Fengyun Changhuan" wrote an analysis article, which was widely disseminated and gained countless recognitions:

"A guess I made many years ago has finally been confirmed."

"This speculation, including that made by the famous academician Mi Nanguang, is that the pirated Windows operating system everywhere in country Z is the result of Microsoft's acquiescence."

"The purpose is to occupy the country Z market and prevent the rise of domestic operating systems."

"Is it really that difficult to fight against piracy? Does the country Z government have to cooperate to eliminate it?"

"Obviously not! Microsoft's anti-theft is very simple. They can set up many backdoors or loopholes in the operating system. As long as you are not genuine, you will be given a black screen immediately, and you can't use it at all. It is impossible for ordinary people to create an operating system. Faced with this Such anti-theft measures will be irresistible."

"But Microsoft didn't do that. Instead, it blamed the government of country Z and labeled it as weak protection of intellectual property rights. This is a very sinister approach!"

"The reason why Microsoft defaults to piracy is very simple. The market in country Z is too big. Even if only government departments and companies are required to use pirated versions, they will make a lot of money. If the whole country of Z is required to use genuine versions, multiplied by the expensive Windows system The purchase price is at least 300 to 400 billion in the market...Microsoft can't even imagine eating it all!"

"Because if I were the government of country Z, I would rather spend 100 billion to build a system of my own than to watch Microsoft make so much money."

"If I were an IT company, I would also be willing to invest all the money to develop an operating system and eat a big piece of cake."

"Our own operating system has not appeared for a long time, or the reason why it cannot occupy the mainstream is because Microsoft killed them with pirated versions."

"This is exactly Microsoft's business strategy. They don't care about piracy at all. They just want to firmly occupy this market and wait to harvest this market in the future."

However, some people also questioned: Windows system also charges fees in Europe, and also charges fees in Rihan. Why only allow piracy in country Z? Isn’t this the fault of the government of country Z?

The question is, can a small market of tens of millions of people be compared with a large market of more than one billion people?

With the size of country Z, as long as a company sees that the operating system market exceeds 100 billion a year, dozens or hundreds of operating systems will emerge in a short period of time, and the price war will be fierce. The operating system that comes out, how can you be afraid of a Windows?

The same is true for the domestic stand-alone game industry.

It is precisely piracy that destroys infinite possibilities.

I'm not arguing here whether you and I bought the genuine version. In the long run, piracy does more harm than good.