We are acknowledging that the "debut" of Windows
Vista is not as good as the fact that Windows
XP is brilliant. It is also necessary to find out why Windows
Vista is not as good as people. Perhaps, the popularity of Windows
Vista also depends on the maturity of piracy technology.
The book is connected back. In the article "Comment: Is XP more powerful than Vista?", it expresses that Windows
Vista will replace Windows
XP and support its conclusions with the fact that market share is growing.
But no matter what, we must admit: Windows
Vista's "debut" is not as good as Windows
XP, Windows
Vista to Windows
XP's innovation is far less than Windows
XP is more than Windows
2000 and Windows
98. Because of this, when the two major operating systems officially went on the expiration of one year, Windows
XP achieved sales at that time (the market share in March 2003 was 29.1%) than Windows
Vista. The current situation is much better (the market share in April 2008 was 8.8%).
Figure 1 Windows
Vista's "debut" is not as good as Windows
XP brilliant
Who is the main Windows
Vista ups and downs?
Although Windows
Vista can't reproduce the glory of the Windows
XP era, the Redmond software giant is quite satisfied with the sales performance of the "new generation Windows
operating system". Whether it is Uncle Gates or Brother Ballmer, Microsoft's top executives have expressed support for Windows
Vista on different occasions.
However, emotional support can't cover up the fact that Windows is not as good as people.
What is it that burys Windows
Vista's talent, so that it can't be galloped in the vast world of desktop operating systems? Presumably everyone will scream "Windows
XP" in unison. It is undeniable that Windows
XP is indeed the biggest obstacle for Microsoft to promote Windows
Vista. The reason why users show uncomfortable feelings for Windows
XP is that in addition to the habit of using habits, migration costs and compatibility concerns, another important factor is: piracy.
Figure 2 Windows
XP+ piracy hinders Windows
Vista's popularity
Seven years of time created the conditions for Windows
XP, and at the same time made it the operating system with the highest piracy rate. After walking through the activation of the number to the registration code, free activation, and then to the "one-click installation, unattended" process, the cracking technology for Windows
XP has long been "mature", the pirate market of the operating system is also natural It is very active. Relatively speaking, the cracking technology for Windows
Vista is still in the "primary" stage. In addition, the price mechanism of the "new generation Windows
operating system" license is flexible, but it can't compare with the "advantage" of pirated software, which directly leads to Windows
Vista. In terms of "technology", the price is still the result of pirated Windows
XP.
Piracy, the pain of the Redmond software giant:
If the development of Internet technology brings to Microsoft a competitive environment where opportunities and challenges coexist, then "open source" and "piracy" against Redmond For the software giant, it means the deprivation of commercial rights and the loss of economic benefits.
"The trend of the times" makes Microsoft's current affairs cooperate with the open source community, and the piracy problem is not only the pain of the Redmond software giant, but also the desire to remove it. .
A survey conducted by the "Business Software Alliance" (BSA) organization headed by Microsoft in mid-May this year showed that the loss of "piracy" in the global software industry in 2007 was as much as about 48 billion US dollars. An increase of $8 billion over 2006. Robert Holleyman, president of BSA, pointed out that in emerging markets such as China, Brazil, India and Russia, the sales growth of genuine software is not as good as the sales of computers.
Figure 3 The Business Software Alliance is optimistic about the status quo of anti-piracy
According to ACDSystems, the official download of its brand-name product, ACDSee, is about 1 million times a month. Most Chinese users admire ACDSee, but in the face of the price of 368 yuan, they turned away from the "piracy" camp. The number of ACDSee users is not directly proportional to ACDSystems' revenue. The same problem also appeared on Microsoft.
piracy activities, Microsoft is the first to bear the brunt. MS Office has been unable to avoid the bad luck of cracking, and the Windows
family including Windows
XP and Windows
Vista is always unable to escape the fate of pirate manufacturers.
Figure 4 Professional Edition? Windows
Vista even pirated version also wants to look at XP
anti-piracy, when Microsoft is in progress:
The development of Internet technology has gradually lost Microsoft's traditional advantages. At the same time, the Internet is a hotbed of "piracy" - hacker alliances, forum exchanges, P2P and P2S sharing are all inseparable from the network platform.
The truth of not being able to "disregard food" tells us that against piracy cannot be equated with the development of the Internet. Instead, the Internet should be the main battleground for the fight against piracy.
Recently, the “rights defending” cases in the Internet field have been around. For example, the BT resource website TorrentSpy was awarded US$110 million by the US District Court for facilitating pirated downloads; Swedish netizens who shared songs (4,500) and movies (30) via the Internet were convicted by local courts. Finally, a fine of $1,655 is imposed as a punishment...
The Redmond software giant has also been relying on the Internet platform to implement anti-piracy measures, showing tireless efforts. For example, the "Windows
Genuine Value Added Program" (WGA) and the "Office Genuine Value Added Program" (OGA), which require users to conduct "genuine verification"; the piracy hazard propaganda with the theme "Who is murdering your business opportunities" And the recently launched "Genuine" is really good, I prove that the advertising campaign and so on.
Figure 5 Microsoft has not stopped anti-piracy efforts
See results? Everything is still in the future:
Under the efforts of many parties, the global software piracy rate has declined. According to the BSA, there were 67 countries with a decline in software piracy rates in 2007. In China, the research results of the “2007 China Software Piracy Rate Survey” conducted in China also prove that the “genuine awareness” of Chinese users is constantly increasing. The piracy rate of Chinese computer software products in 2007 was 41%, compared with 2006. The year dropped by 11 percentage points.
In the face of the above data, Microsoft's thoughts may be complicated. The Redmond software giant is well aware that the externalities of the market economy or the self-interested characteristics of rational people will make piracy a problem that cannot be completely solved. Demand leads to profit, profit creates power, and power brings supply. The existence of piracy is related to the user's demand for pirated software, and what is the user's demand for pirated software?
The latest data released by BSA has already explained the problem. It is reported that the countries with the lowest software piracy rate in 2007 were the United States, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Japan and Austria, while the countries with the highest software piracy rates were Armenia, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Moldova and Zimbabwe.
As we all know, the factors affecting consumption are mainly income levels and commodity prices. If the low income level and the high commodity price coexist at the same time, the bad facts will widen the distance between the reality and the ideal of “anti-piracy”, so that the goal of “anti-piracy” is always difficult to achieve.
Figure 6 The price of genuine software is the main factor affecting user choice
The large price difference between "legal license" and "illegal authorization" is not a day, and the piracy problem will be more than one day! But it is precisely because of this, "piracy" can be inserted into the wings of the Windows
operating system. Perhaps, many Windows fans are watching and looking forward to the day of the cracking technology and mature of Windows
XP for Windows
Vista.