Chapter 303 The best person is my boyfriend

Because of Microsoft's sudden entry, Ma Xiaoyun started the countermeasures that he and Chen Li had discussed in advance.

Regarding the Y2K patch, after confirming that it was truly effective, Ma Xiaoyun actually thought of some plans.

For example, how to sell this thing abroad!

Yes~ Even though the newly formed Pony Technology has not even opened up the domestic market, Ma Xiaoyun really is not worried about this.

This actually has something to do with the current situation in the country!

After the Y2K crisis theory was confirmed, China has actually been making corresponding preparations.

But in fact, the development of both computers and the Internet in China is relatively limited, so the impact and harm that the Y2K bug can bring to the country is actually quite limited.

So in fact, except for a very small number of scientific research units in China, there are very few companies that choose to overcome the Y2K crisis!

After all, although the millennium bug crisis is almost inevitable, it is actually not difficult to solve this thing, and it can even be said to be very simple.

After the Y2K crisis theory was proposed, almost all major computer manufacturers corrected this problem in time!

So in fact, goods produced in recent years are not affected by the Y2K crisis at all.

The real problems that may arise are those devices produced before the Y2K crisis was discovered.

So ~ in addition to fundamentally solving the Y2K problem, there is actually the simplest and most direct way

That is to replace the equipment!

Since the previous hardware does not support it, then replace the previous hardware, or even replace the entire device!

But here comes the problem. If this most straightforward method is adopted, the global costs caused by the Y2K crisis will definitely be a huge number. This is also the reason why the United States came up with 600 billion US dollars.

On the contrary, in China, because the development of the Internet computer industry started late, the crisis encountered on this issue is relatively small.

But even so, the domestic government attaches great importance to the crisis that may be caused by the millennium bug, and even made some corresponding preparations as early as last year.

In previous lives, the millennium bug did little harm to China. This has a lot to do with the policies adopted by the government!

Now, Pony Technology has been proven to be able to solve the Y2K crisis. So based on the country's emphasis on this issue, it can be said that Pony Technology has almost reached the forefront and just needs to wait to take off at any time.

Originally, according to Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun's expectations, Xiaoma Technology planned to take advantage of the shareholder wind of the Chinese government to take off first.

When Xiaoma Technology stands on the ground, many people cannot see it.

This is why Ma Xiaoyun told his former colleagues that Pony Technology had solved the Y2K crisis, but they didn't believe it at all.

Because Pony Technology stands too short, others cannot see the “strength” of Pony Technology!

But if Xiaoma Technology can take off with the help of a major wind, it will naturally be different.

By then, almost everyone's eyes will be on Xiaoma Technology and Ma Xiaoyun.

The reason is very simple. The problem of the Y2K bug is no longer a simple computer problem, but a big problem that can affect the whole world.

Whoever can solve this problem will definitely get enough attention.

And this attention is exactly what those big companies really want to have!

Among these companies are Microsoft and its competitors!

Now that Microsoft is here, will other competitors be far behind?

You must know that although Microsoft is the industry leader abroad, it is currently not that powerful in China.

At least in 1999, Microsoft has a lot of competitors!

Regarding the "Y2K Ultimate Patch", Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun had already made plans.

This thing is a business!

Since it is a business, it naturally needs customers!

Microsoft is a customer. So are other competitors.

As soon as Microsoft came over, it was clear that Chema wanted to acquire the "Y2K Ultimate Patch". As for what the other party wanted to do after the acquisition, it was almost Sima Zhao's intention.

After all, Microsoft is currently in a lawsuit over hegemony and monopoly!

Chen Li believes that once this patch is in the hands of Microsoft, the other party will definitely use this patch to do many things!

Therefore, for Chen Li, it is impossible for him to sell the final Y2K patch to a single company unless necessary, as it would not be in his interest.

Unless the benefits provided by the other party exceed Chen Li’s estimate!

Well, it’s not that we can’t talk about it!

Anyway, the Y2K crisis is quite scary, and its impact is also very serious, but this thing is actually time-sensitive.

Once next year passes, this thing can't be said to be useless, but the benefits it can bring will probably be so small that Chen Li won't even bother to make up his mind.

So ~ when Microsoft came to the door, Ma Xiaoyun's first choice was to spread the news.

You see, Microsoft has come over. Will IBM and Intel be far behind?

Especially those established manufacturers, because the Y2K crisis was essentially caused by them.

Although this thing was originally a hidden danger to save storage space, later even though the hardware was improved, these guys didn't think of changing it.

It wasn't until someone discovered this problem and raised it that these guys realized that this Y2K bug had become a serious problem.

So in fact, some companies may even want to get this "Y2K Ultimate Patch" even more than Microsoft!

In this way, competition is formed, and only those with competitive interests and values ​​will be maximized.

This is probably the simplest truth in business models.

But there is a premise, that is, it is best for this product to remain unique!

Otherwise, it will not be competition among customers, but competition among manufacturers.

It just so happens that "Y2K Ultimate Patch" is unique.

Chen Li also asked the system before if this patch could be cracked!

As a Chinese, Chen Li had used countless cracked versions for free in his previous life. Uh, okay, they were actually pirated versions!

It's okay if it's piracy from small workshops, after all, their impact is actually very limited.

But if this patch is cracked by large companies such as Microsoft, IBM, and Intel, then they will directly change it and this thing may become theirs.

What? You said that foreigners attach great importance to intellectual property rights and would not do this?

Haha~ Kid, don’t be stupid!

Do you know why foreign copyright regulations are so strict?

Do you know how many times a year large foreign companies have to fight lawsuits involving certain intellectual property rights?

I know, forget it, I’m too lazy to say this.

Only those stupid public intellectuals in China would propagate foreign countries as if they were utopias all day long.

Those words are enough to coax those who have little knowledge these days. It is definitely impossible to fool Chen Li.

But after all, whether it can be cracked is indeed the key point.

And this key point happened to be filled in by the system.

To put it in a systematic explanation, this "ultimate patch for the Y2K vulnerability" is simply impossible to crack at the moment.

If we use an analogy, the code these days is composed of 0 and 1, then this application from an unknown year in the future is actually composed of 123456789!

In a fundamental sense, the two are not the same thing.

Therefore, it is impossible to crack it, but once this thing is sold, some uncontrollable situations may occur.

For example, the Zhang family bought patches, not only for their own use, but also for the Li family and the Wang family.

This is very helpless, because although this "Y2K Ultimate Patch" has more than 40 categories, the actual operation is almost a one-click fool's operation.

So as long as you have this program, it is really simple to solve the Y2K problem.

So the system gave a security "key" according to Chen Li's request!

"The Ultimate Patch for the Millennium Bug Vulnerability" was set to a safe value by the system!

Xiaoma Technology only needs to specify a safety value when selling this patch. Then once the patch is used more than this safety value, the program will be automatically destroyed!

In other words, what is currently sold in "Y2K Ultimate Patch" is not the program itself, but the number of uses!

For example, if Microsoft purchases a product 1 million times, once the program sold to Microsoft is used more than 1 million times, the program in Microsoft's hands will be useless!

And this also has another advantage. That is, the sales price can be charged according to the number of times.

So, in fact, from the beginning, it was impossible for Xiaoma Technology to sell this "Y2K Ultimate Patch" to any company alone.

This also means that if Microsoft comes here this time and intends to preemptively seize and monopolize this patch. It can only be said that they are overthinking!

Of course ~ all these operations have nothing to do with Chen Li!

Although he discussed the plan with Ma Xiaoyun, he also came up with the program, and even the safety value was specially customized by him from the system!

But once this incident causes any adverse effects or huge losses, it has nothing to do with Chen Li!
To be continued...