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Chapter 524 Free Windows 10 Upgrade

Now that the enemy has attacked, they cannot sit idly by and wait to be killed, after all, they are Americans.

Great America!

Qualcomm's garbage can crash the system just by copying a full-screen design. Microsoft is not like that... The glory of America should naturally be guarded by them.

Whether it will be successful depends on the technical team's next move.

After all, boasting can easily backfire.

Ten minutes later, all the core executives of the Windows division arrived at Conference Room 1.

This includes department head Terry Myerson and the team of chief architects.

After Nadella finished using it, Terry, the department head, began to report on the current summary:

"Mr. Nadella, we have obtained the rumored developer preview package, and the technical team has urgently conducted an image analysis."

The outcome... is not very optimistic.

"Give me the specific data."

Nadella sat there, understanding the importance of the matter, so he didn't immediately fly into a rage.

Chief architect David was also in a very difficult position at this time. After all, when he saw that report, he felt that he had been living like a dog for the past few years.

"Their kernel is a completely self-developed microkernel, not based on Linux."

However, they also managed to make the user interface and operating logic highly similar to Windows, so that ordinary users could get started with almost zero cost.

Memory scheduling and process management... at least twice as fast.

After saying this, David was a little nervous. After all, that wasn't just a generation; he would be grateful if he could enhance the technology within three generations.

But he couldn't let his boss discover the seriousness of the problem, otherwise his boss would definitely fire him...

He is extremely nervous, feeling like each day is an eternity, fearing that his boss will think he is lying.

"A generation ahead?"

Nadella does believe he is exaggerating parameters, but not in that respect; rather, he is exaggerating in the opposite direction.

"Isn't that a bit too serious?"

It's already quite amazing that someone who's just started developing an operating system has figured out their own kernel, and they're even a generation ahead of us...

How is that possible? We are Microsoft, and we currently have a monopoly on the entire PC operating system market!

David nodded silently. They did indeed have a monopoly on the operating system and were stronger than their competitors, but this time they were facing a telepathic communication system.

They excel at creating miracles...

Furthermore, due to their monopoly, their system has been incrementally improving over the past two years...

"President, I'm not lying."

With the same i5 processor and 4GB of RAM, their boot memory usage was at least 32% lower than ours, and after 72 hours of continuous operation, no memory leaks were observed.

The multi-monitor sleep/wake-up blue screen bug that we've been trying to fix for three years without success doesn't even exist in their system.

David's voice grew softer and softer... as if he didn't want to face these thorny issues.

"There is also distributed software that allows for cross-device collaboration, which has a very high technical barrier."

Our Your Phone team estimates that even if we start the project now and invest heavily, it will take at least two years to catch up to the same level.

This is where Terry, the person in charge, also began to add:

"Compatibility is also an issue that deserves our attention."

They are not using a virtual machine as we commonly understand it, but it should be a new type of virtual machine.

Moreover, their technology is very mature, which means that ordinary users…”

He didn't speak too bluntly, because being too clear wouldn't look good for anyone.

But everyone knows that Microsoft has monopolized the Chinese market for 20 years by relying on its ecosystem barriers and user habits.

And the corresponding pirated software.

But now Transsion has entered the market with a system that works well, is smoother, and can connect with mobile phone systems. If Microsoft doesn't handle it well, the consequence could be losing the Chinese market.

After all, they had always known about China's ambitions regarding operating systems, but with the free strategy in place, they couldn't make any waves.

But now they may not be without ambition.

When was the official release of Windows 10 originally scheduled?

Nadella suddenly asked this question.

"It was originally scheduled to be released in three months, but there are still a few core bugs to be fixed."

"Ahead of schedule." Nadella already had an idea in mind: "Launch the free Windows 10 upgrade program within a week."

All genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will receive a free upgrade for one year.

"No, President Nadella." Terry immediately stood up. "The system isn't fully polished yet. Pushing it out hastily will cause big problems!"

If this causes a large-scale malfunction, it will actually damage their reputation.

"I also support Trump's idea. Rushing into it will only make us look as pathetic as Google."

At this point, a person in charge who had worked on the Android operating system also raised objections, since Google's failure was due to Dave Burke's hasty implementation.

"Google's lesson is still fresh in our minds; we can't become the next laughingstock."

"A negative reputation is better than losing the market." Nadella slammed his hand on the table.

"The Chinese market is our second largest market in the world, and we absolutely cannot allow Transsion's system to gain a foothold."

Lock in users with a free strategy so they have no reason to switch to a new system.

Besides, it's all free now, so they should be able to adapt to minor issues.

Upon hearing "adaptive," the engineers present calmed down slightly.

After all, Chinese users have a very common phenomenon with these European and American brands, which is... adaptive.

As long as no major bugs occur, then perhaps...

So they all nodded.

"Development team, bugs can be updated later, but free upgrades must be launched within one week."

This is a direct order.

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A week passed quickly, but the Windows development team suffered a lot.

Fortunately, at midnight on June 25th, Microsoft officially pushed out the Windows 10 free upgrade announcement to the world.

"All genuine Win7 and Win8.1 users can upgrade to Win10 for free within one year."

A smoother user experience, enhanced system security—the all-new Edge browser ushers in a new era for desktop browsing.

"Holy crap, I can't believe I'm actually using a free Microsoft system in my lifetime?"

"Isn't this standard feature only available in the Chinese market?"

"Bob and his friends have pirated copies, while ours are the real deal..."

"Who cares about official versions? Free pirated copies are the best."

"You have to experience it properly."

At the same time, Microsoft also had its partner tech media outlets give it extensive coverage!

Wall Street analysts were unanimously bullish, carefully analyzing the various pros and cons.

Although the free model resulted in a certain reduction in marketing revenue, it solidified Microsoft's desktop monopoly, leaving no room for latecomers to challenge it.

Under such "winning" promotion, many people began to upgrade to the new system.