This technology was absolutely revolutionary at the time!
As long as the policy allowed it, it could go online immediately, which was way more advanced than Tencent back then…
Aside from the competitor NetEase Bubble, there was also the global internet giant Microsoft's MSN, which had fewer users than Tencent, but the quality of users was very high.
In those years, the young office workers basically all used MSN, mentioning you used Tencent was almost embarrassing when saying hello to others…
In 2004, Bill Gates came to China for the ninth time and formally announced that he would continue to expand investments in the country, establishing MSN China's market and R&D centers in both the capital and Shanghai.
In that year, those rushing into the instant messaging market, wanting to fight Tencent for user base, were not just limited to NetEase and Microsoft.
