game trailblazer

Chapter 192 Crazy ICQ

At 11 o'clock in the morning on November 18th, the sky just showed the morning light. Gilbert, who just got up, took the freshly baked bread, went to his work room and turned on the computer while eating.After reading the report about ICQ from the newspaper two days ago, he logged in according to the above domain name "www.", but unfortunately saw nothing.Originally, he planned to watch it again on the night of the 7th, but unfortunately he had to go out temporarily, and when he came back, it was already very late, so he had to give up as he was not used to staying up late.When he woke up this morning, Gilbert thought about it again, so he planned to go and find out what this ICQ was.

After connecting to the Internet and opening the browser, Gilbert habitually opened his e-mail first, but in just one day, there were more than 30 new e-mails unexpectedly.He opened them one by one, and found that, except for the six advertising emails, all of these new emails were from his friends. The emails were not long, and the contents were similar.

"Gilbert, hurry up and download an ICQ, there is a download link on the homepage of EBay..."

"My ICQ number is 100395, come and add me, it's very interesting..."

"Gilbert, I found a very interesting thing, the download address is

"I downloaded an ICQ from Hotmail, it's very convenient to use..."

"..."

Looking at the pieces of information about ICQ, Gilbert was very annoyed. If he had insisted on it last night, he wouldn't have to be as outdated as he is now, and he didn't even know what ICQ was.Gilbert stuffed the last bit of bread into his mouth, then entered the ICQ download address into the address bar of the browser to start downloading ICQ.During the period of downloading, he logged on to the ICQ website (domain name "www."), intending to make up lessons first, to find out what ICQ is and how to use it.

……

At the same time, in the ICQ company's office, the red light on the computer case running the monitoring program, representing the hard disk reading and writing, was constantly flashing, and the computer monitor on the desk was lit with a yellow light, and the screen was pitch black. The keyboard and mouse are next to the monitor, and there is a magazine next to it.A gust of wind came in through a window that was not closed tightly, blowing and scrolling the pages of the magazine next to the keyboard. Press on the keyboard.The indicator light on the monitor turned from yellow to green, and the screen gradually lit up.If someone happens to be here at this time, he will find that the number of registered and online users who have been slowly climbing is growing rapidly, from single digits to tens, hundreds, and thousands, and The speed is getting faster and faster.

The numbers are constantly running forward, but most of the people in ICQ have fallen asleep, maybe some are still dreaming, but Mike Dyson is definitely not included here.

There are white walls all around, no windows are seen, several white tables and chairs are scattered in the space, and the computers on the table are also white. Mike Dyson is sitting on the chair, typing the keyboard with both hands , the codes on the screen spewed out like running water, and there were some vague-faced people sitting behind the tables around him, who seemed to be typing on the keyboards non-stop.

After an unknown period of time, everyone including Mike Dyson stopped, the screen began to flicker, and then the three huge letters ICQ appeared. Suddenly he seemed to understand that ICQ had been completed.The siren sounded, and a mountain of servers surged up from the floor, and the people with blurred faces suddenly disappeared, leaving only the huge server and the relatively small Mike Dyson in the whole space. A huge monitor appeared on his In front of him, the words "ICQ registration number: 0, online number: 0" suddenly flashed on the screen, and a great fear hit him. "Could it be that our ICQ doesn't even have a single user?" Mike Dyson thought painfully, and there were bursts of weird "quack" sounds all around, as if someone was laughing at him, Mike Dyson couldn't help but roared : "Impossible...absolutely impossible", then grabbed something and threw it forward.

There was a crisp sound, Mike Dyson moved his body, and opened his eyes involuntarily. Only then did he realize that he was sitting on his own bed. It turned out that it was just a dream.Mike Dyson rubbed his swollen head, and was about to lie down again and continue to sleep for a while, when suddenly the phone rang like he wanted to die. He was shocked, turned over and got out of bed, and picked up the phone handle Attach it to the ear.

"Mike, there is a situation. The access speed of our ICQ official website is very slow now. I'm afraid we need to take a look." Robert Tony's panicked voice came from the phone.

Mike Dyson tensed up, whether his dream was going to come true, but he quickly calmed down, and calmly ordered: "Robert, you hurry back to the company now, I will be there later, let's see how the situation is going .”

"Well, okay, then I'll go now." Hearing Mike Dyson's calm voice, Robert Tony didn't start to panic so much.

Putting down the phone, Mike Dyson went to the bathroom to wash his face, then put on his coat and rushed out, heading straight to the company.When he arrived at the company, it was past ten o'clock in the morning. Just as he opened the door of the office, a soul-stirring scream came out of the room, and he couldn't help feeling flustered: "Could something really happen?"

Mike Dyson settled down and continued to walk inside, and soon he saw Robert Tony sitting in front of the monitoring computer, and he was still making ghostly noises.

Mike Dyson walked a few steps, came to the monitoring computer, and asked in a deep voice, "Robert, what's going on?"

Robert Tony turned his face, his face was twitching like a spasm, he pointed at the screen with one hand, opened and closed his mouth several times, but couldn't say a word.

Mike Dyson couldn't take it anymore, he pushed Robert Tony away, and then moved his face to the screen for a closer look. He couldn't help but gasped, and his mouth became trembling.Mike Dyson rubbed his eyes and looked at it for a while. The "number of registered people" and "number of people online" displayed on the screen changed a lot again.

"The number of registered people is 138652, and the number of online people is 89356. My God, we've only been away for five hours." Mike Dyson pointed at the screen excitedly.

At this time, Robert Tony also recovered, looked at the screen, shook his head and said, "This is even more like a dream!"

The numbers on the screen continued to rise wildly, and Mike Dyson couldn't help laughing, from being slightly depressed at the beginning to completely letting go later, he laughed and shouted frantically, jumping up and down: "Haha, we succeeded! This is the first of its kind, the world's first instant messaging software, the first! In the future, others can only imitate us, but we can always seize the opportunity. Think about it, this is In just over ten hours, it has already surpassed 13 users, and after that, it may not be long before breaking through 1000 million, and even more can be achieved.”

Speaking of this, Mike Dyson spread his hands, already fascinated, and Robert Tony was also infected, and then went crazy.

After arguing for a while, Robert Tony suddenly remembered that there were still many people who hadn't come, so he suggested: "Mike, why don't we inform other people, so that we can share the joy with everyone."

Mike Dyson also felt that the two of them were too boring, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, then you can inform other people in the company to make them happy too."

Robert Tony took the lead, and Mike Dyson also picked up a phone, dialed a number, waited for a while, and said to the microphone: "Mr. Zhang, good news, the current number of registered people has exceeded 14 million, and more than [-] people online at the same time..."

Robert Tony made a round of phone calls and notified everyone in the company. Only then did he remember the purpose here. After some inspection, he found that the load of the communication line connected to the website server was close to saturation, and The backup line reserved in advance was not properly set up due to negligence, so the website access began to slow down. Fortunately, the ICQ servers were another communication line, which did not bring about a greater impact.After re-adjusting and connecting the backup line of the website server, the website access finally returned to normal, and the download speed of the ICQ official website was also a little faster.

The speed of the website was back to normal. Robert Tony continued the unfinished business at home and called out the message board on the ICQ official website.As the browser displayed the content of the message board, Robert Tony was shocked again. There were a total of 86553 messages, which means that almost every 10 people registered for an ICQ number, 6 people would leave a message.

"This thing is really not bad!" Someone said with emotion on the message board.

"You guys figured this out, dudes, you guys are fucking geniuses," exclaimed someone on the message board.

"I like ICQ very much. I wonder if it will be charged in the future? It would be great if it can be kept free!" Someone expressed his concern on the message board.

"It's time for my e-mail to retire," someone quipped on a message board.

Of course, there are also advertisements left by some clever people: "I am from a shocking advertising company. I have seen your advertisements, but I think we can design a better promotion for ICQ. If you are interested, you can add My ICQ number is 168785, of course, if you have an email address, that would be even better..."

Seeing these compliments or related business information, Robert Tony felt excited again. He really didn't expect ICQ to be so popular less than a day after it was launched.However, the following content of the message board is a bit dumbfounding. Some registered users obviously regard this place as a dating platform.

"I'm Larry from Seattle, my ICQ number is 101265, I hope to meet a pretty girl..."

"The lonely girl is wandering outside alone, seeking your comfort..."

Not long after, other employees of ICQ company who got the news came one after another. At this time, the number of ICQ registered exceeded 16 again, and the number of online users also approached 10. The office became a sea of ​​joy for a while. , People rushed to hug and congratulate each other.

In addition to being happy, under the leadership of Mike Dyson, everyone also began to discuss the future development of ICQ.The first thing to reach a consensus is the pursuit of the number of users. They all agree that the basis of ICQ is users, and only when the number of users reaches a certain level can it be more convenient to carry out other services.Secondly, everyone thinks that advertising will be the biggest profit point of ICQ. As long as it continues to develop at the current speed, the number of registered users and online users will reach a terrifying number. By then, ICQ will become something that no company can ignore. Advertising platform.In any case, so many users do not make good use of it, it is really worthy of the great popularity brought by this software.

ICQ became popular, as if overnight, that little green daisy became known to many computer enthusiasts in the United States, and even many people who hardly touch computers have heard of the name of ICQ.

With the continuous search of netizens, all the websites that provided ICQ download links were dug out one after another, and then spread to ten or ten to hundreds through ICQ or e-mail, spreading out like a flu, and with Let the traffic of these websites surge accordingly, including the two websites EBay and Hotmail.

ICQ, an instant messaging software, was still the first of its kind at this time. Its novel communication method immediately stuck many netizens in front of the computer and almost couldn't extricate themselves. Although only text communication can be used, it is still much more convenient than email.Using this method to make friends online is also much more interesting than the chat room in the past. At least when you meet a friend who is more speculative, you can still find him the next day, so you don't have to worry about it like in the chat room.

All of a sudden, playing ICQ has become a new online fashion trend, and greeting each other with "Have you ICQ today" has also become a new buzzword.After new friends get to know each other, when exchanging contact information, it is no longer limited to phone numbers, addresses and email addresses, and ICQ numbers have also become an indispensable part.If you don't, then you must be greeted with contempt from your friends.

"What? You haven't applied for an ICQ number yet? My God, haven't you been on Earth recently? Hurry up and register for one, it's free!" A well-meaning friend will probably tell you this.

So, if you don't have an ICQ number, how can you have the nerve to make new friends?

And in those well-known computer newspapers and periodicals, the content about ICQ has become a new hot spot. Open a magazine or a newspaper at random, and there are always one or two articles about ICQ usage guide or ICQ function introduction. If you don't stuff in some content related to ICQ, you will be embarrassed to take it to the newsstand to sell it.

Relying on the advantage of not being disturbed by competitors, ICQ has developed rapidly. In just two weeks after its launch, it has swept the entire United States, with more than 280 million registered users. At this time, there are only more than 600 million Internet users in the United States. In other words, almost 10 out of every 4 Internet users register for ICQ. Of course, there are many people who register repeatedly. Registered for the first time, but after only using it once, it will never be used again.But even so, according to the server's records, the number of active users (users whose login interval is no more than 7 days) has reached 62.7, and most of them are using ICQ every day, which means that almost every One out of 10 Internet users is using ICQ, and this number is still expanding.

At this time, the Internet was still a newly emerging industry, and it was possible to achieve such great results in a short period of time. The first performance of ICQ can be said to be very successful. People in the VisualSystem Group who were still skeptical about this project changed accordingly. Everyone in the ICQ company, who lacked confidence, suddenly became full of confidence, and began to work together to promote the continued development of ICQ. The instant messaging software market in North America, on the other hand, takes advantage of the hot ICQ opportunity to develop other language versions, including the Chinese version, and prepares to land in other countries and regions in the near future.

(End of this chapter)