Microsoft IQ big defeat in Google high-paying retention high IQ talents
The software giant Microsoft for high IQ talents to the point of crazy pursuit once, but now in IQ war gradually lost to Google. Forbes magazine publisher of richie Karl, one of high (Rich Karlgaard) days prior to writing about think, now Microsoft has no longer is eager to innovation of the genius of the heaven.
According to Forbes article quoted by website Ritchie said, now for the Microsoft software workers, it has become a piece of pure land of fortune. Most people hold the following attitude to software empire: work 80 hours a week, strive hard 5 years, after get part of the company stock, after fame likeliest long-term outcome. But for once by intelligence war in Microsoft software developers not content to be mostly useless employees, only maintenance Windows and Office this've done "BaYe". They are more willing to invest to a new enterprise such as the search engine Google's door, this year July by the middle of Microsoft China research institute President li kaifu move into the act of Google are examples.
The article says, in 12 years ago with Microsoft's empire soul with Bill Gates travel, richie once asked gates: "what is your company as Microsoft's competitors?" "The investment bank Goldman Sachs," gates answer that all the people in the least surprised, for the investment bank's business and Microsoft it is irrelevant. Gates explained, because the most intelligent people choose a software field of employers will gather to Microsoft corp. 's. So instead of investment banking is high IQ, enterprise, such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley a threat to Microsoft.
The article says, in the next five years, gates had hundreds of times to mention the concept of IQ. Microsoft for high IQ talent pursuit has come to the point of crazy, this is also the final achievement of the software empire BaYe. According to statistics, Microsoft corp. 's employees for about 60000, and sales have reached $40 billion, on average each employee sales of $650000, and the number of IBM, which is twice as much.
However, search engine giant Google's d-will let gates began to feel the unprecedented pressure. According to statistics, although Google current operating income of just $6 billion a year, but it's only 4000 employees, average revenue per person down to $1.5 million. In the current intelligence war, Google has beat Microsoft won.
Finally said, though Microsoft empire goal for the future still seemed intelligence war, but the most outstanding people hope to create their own world, not the surround in the heritage asleep.
Skype: traditional phone a few years will be eliminated Microsoft is the future
Skype said yesterday, Microsoft is its most powerful potential rivals one. In addition, yahoo and AOL also nots allow to ignore.
According to Reuters, Skype chief executive and co-founder Niklas Zennstroem has said: "we see Microsoft, yahoo and AOL for the biggest threat, because they have large user group."
This August, Microsoft acquired Teleo; The beginning of the year, yahoo buy Dialpad, a move aimed at both sides to improve its VoIP communication market competitiveness in. As a leading service provider in the field, Skype now has 54 million users. In the middle of this month, eBay has completed the Skype announced to purchase.
Zennstroem confirmed that in and eBay purchase agreement reached before, also have been exposed to a few other companies, including the News corporation (News Corp). But only eBay can give Skype's biggest independence.
Zennstroem says: "as time goes on, VoIP communication will more and more popular, but our goal is to change people's communication way. In a few years, continue to use traditional telephone could be viewed as a strange phenomenon."
Microsoft future growth rely on what MSN business can hold up half the sky
When examine the profit potential Microsoft and find that many business all have good potential.
On one hand, Microsoft will soon introduce a widely anticipated's best-selling game, it is still in development a lot of operating system and application software of new products; On the other hand, Microsoft is the growth potential of MSN.
Microsoft released most of the researchers report in the soft rib is one of its Internet business department, MSN department's sales income is $564 million, compared with the same period last year, up only 1%. MSN department contains the order based on Internet access service, online content portal, search engines, in the access services and content, it faces AOL competition, in search and advertising business, is faced with Google and yahoo's competition.
MSN: growth engine?
Although accounts for only of overall sales income of Microsoft is very small part, MSN's future is very important, because it has become Google and yahoo in the search field successful competitors, MSN can give Microsoft bring some very need growth.
In three years, Microsoft's stock has been no real impression, analysts and investors have to Microsoft's growth performance up any hope, especially because its software and operation systems business is saturated, won't appear any significant growth.
Think MSN will drive the Microsoft earnings growth optimists mentioned its server software business department of success. Fulcrum Global Partners LLC analysts Milton friedman says that, despite its server software business early start slowly, it has developed into a highly profitable business, has driven this quarter sales income growth.
Accounting for 75% of the advertising business income MSN year-on-year growth of 20%. MSN AD revenue from MSN. Com site on the display advertising, and the search engine advertising. But, MSN AD revenue is quarter dropped 4% of Microsoft's chief financial officer Chris admits, MSN search AD revenue did not come up to the expectations. In addition, more like AOL MSN in architecture, not yahoo or Google. As more and more consumer to broadband connection, dial-up service income fell in the stable.
Microsoft hope through the launch "advertising center" to increase sales. Microsoft has been in France and Singapore launched the product, is the United States test. Microsoft hope it helps strengthen the MSN and yahoo and Google than competitiveness.
Put all your eggs in one basket?
SG Cowen analyst cloth los and Europe said, though he feels media to Microsoft and Google, yahoo competition of the report was "exaggerated", but no suspense, bring in advertising revenue, as Google, yahoo Microsoft really well done. MSN does for Microsoft is very important, it sees the create a and Google, yahoo similar enterprise of business opportunities, will give Microsoft add momentum of growth.
Caris analyst mark said, paid search market competition is not fierce, because it also is not close to the saturated, Microsoft, yahoo, Google and other manufacturers are still have enough development space.
Milton friedman says, because of the growth potential has a, Microsoft need to make future with MSN relevant decision. Milton friedman says that for Microsoft is concerned, a reliable strategy is to search ability sold to AOL. But, no matter adopt what kind of measures, Microsoft should be more decisive some. He said Microsoft need to put all your eggs in one basket, or quit, or quickly solve the problems now.
Atlantic Equities analyst Christopher also have the same feeling, he said, unless take steps to solve the problem now, or Microsoft will become the third, four big search engine provider, and this is Microsoft do not want to do.
The Internet weekly: Microsoft’s new arithmetic
When software to a surprising way surge from the Internet, Microsoft finally to sit still
Microsoft's strategy transformation by many people as late to happen, but they didn't expect to come so suddenly, even seem to be some hasty. The United States time on November 1, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates with his chief technical officer Ray Ozzie appeared together in the San Francisco, in "almost no any marketing", announced a special significance for Microsoft in the strategy. The commercial weekly of the evaluation of the given that, it will be ten years ago on the Microsoft browser since the war started Netscape and Microsoft's most important Internet strategy.
"The plan reflect our attitude of the software of a revolutionary change," gates said, "on the ecological system of every part, is a change." According to the gates of the plan, Microsoft will soon launch two new forms of Web services, including mainly for the individual user "Windows Live", which covers the instant messaging service, called Kahuna new Web mail service and innovation of the blog service after Microsoft Spaces; For small business users "Office Live" is basically is Office application package online edition, can help users convenient online update and upgrade. The two new service all can pass a special offer new web site provides.
The Wall Street journal also immediately to Microsoft moves the evaluation: "the move is in for Microsoft and software related order or advertising business opportunity to create new." Obviously, not long ago the restructuring of the original Microsoft has just seven sector, the MSN and Windows department together after, gates's true purpose is now is revealed undoubted, "this means that online (Live) software, the arrival of the era of this era is taking a new look at the way software, in a wonderful way to create chances."
Network services change
Although gates finally positive to admit that the "network has changed the software" is a reality, and the hand of the large cash Microsoft still can be in accordance with the it good at moves easily to try new methods, but after all, or slow half step. "And competitors, Microsoft in the development and launch of new service speed behind the obvious," to provide network CRM hosting service famous Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff made it clear that "Google, yahoo and Salesforce has to Microsoft launched a fierce attack, Microsoft have to remake himself, or have no other choice."
Marc's views are very typical. Microsoft's Windows Vista has let people wait for five years, but until today, and you just see the outline; Although gates and ballmer total in different occasions reiterated Microsoft's innovation ability and technology soul, but users can always seemed to be really understand. And IT is in this period, in numerous IT giant also for Web services in all kinds of standard and interface protocols "pushing" each other when, with Google as a representative of emerging Internet forces used a subversive type attitude swept through the world.
People increasingly find, originally a hunger sophisticated Web services could be so kind in the side appears. Although the monopoly of Microsoft still entrenched status, but the new forces behind the business model and brand new thinking onslaught, not only let Microsoft live business model threatened, and almost the network service concept of traditional completely rewritten. Analysts at Goldman sachs Rick Sherlund so said: "these will to Microsoft business model to produce huge impact."
In fact is not only Microsoft, the IT industry in many giant speaking, people use application at any time and place software and service needs gradually intense, once the Web service even grid computing vision as soon as you start to quietly into reality, change and transformation is also become a stream of irreversible trend. This also is IBM over the past decade's try our best to service and hit "with the need to strain" banner; Intel earlier this year reorganization business group, focusing on chasing "application mode" rather than chip speed; Sun low in the change in attitude survival, embracing Microsoft and Google; EMC vigorously develop software and services; HP repeated adjustment strategic centre of gravity, make Allies; Microsoft constantly mild and begins its company history the strategic adjustment of the third major reasons.
In this context, the future for a very long time, in the whole process of the Data calculated position will be unprecedented highlight and amplifier, a Data as the core of the calculation (Data-Centric Computing) times is barreling in and come, open, standard, virtualization, storage, security and so on vocabulary, have become one of the most popular in the age of the concept, and was almost every one of the IT company has repeatedly mentioned.
Microsoft consider the buy-out yahoo or $34 per share to clinch a deal
A silicon valley news sources, and Microsoft are ready to open higher purchase price of yahoo, which may make Microsoft m&a yahoo significant breakthrough.
Microsoft and yahoo are considering the search advertising business, so as to lay a foundation for the comprehensive and yahoo. Analysts believe that Microsoft could for yahoo's search advertising business pay 11 billion to 21 billion dollars. However, the former merrill lynch investment bank senior analyst, silicon valley insider Henry cloth los jeter (Henry Blodget) revealed that yahoo's going to is, if Microsoft open acceptable price, then the yahoo will sell the entire company to Microsoft. Cloth los jeter think, this is because the present yahoo's board for the shareholders the discontent of the more and more uneasy. He said: "Microsoft to share price of $34 buy-out yahoo is more likely results."
Another the IT industry sources said: "this is just a kind of strategy and strategy, but eventually Microsoft will certainly buy yahoo."
Earlier this month, Microsoft's open the purchase price of $33 a share by yahoo's board of rejection and Microsoft withdraw after purchase. Later, yahoo chief executive jerry Yang, who has been under intense pressure, especially in a billionaire Karl camp in Iraq (Carl Icahn) at the head of the big shareholders have been demanding yahoo to accept Microsoft takeover, Karl Iraq to replace camp also launched an existing agency race of the board of directors. On Friday, yahoo announced it will attempt on July 3, at the annual shareholders meeting held off until the end of July.
Using cloud computing Google to Microsoft attack
Computer scientists from schmidt career spent most of our time in the struggle with Microsoft, see Microsoft win over most of its rivals.
In Sun microsystem as technical director, Eric schmidt, with a bulge against Microsoft and its leaders. In the four years as Novell CEO, schmidt said that any mock Microsoft rivals is stupid, it will only inspire Microsoft's anger.
Six years ago, schmidt to Google and as a CEO, now, Google has become the computer industry the most innovative ability and one of the most powerful of the manufacturer, the Internet search and advertising field leader. Use its abundant resources and to the attention of the new market, Google has already started to hit Microsoft products provide a way: word processing and spreadsheets and popular information processing tools.
Google and Microsoft increasingly fierce opposition between will be an epic enterprise war, will be to the two companies success and development of the influence, and the consumer and enterprise how to provisions work, shopping, communication, and "the number of their lives".
Google think all this will happen in the remote data center of the server, the user can through the many wired and wireless device access these services, this is the so-called "cloud computing" (cloud computing); Microsoft also say that the future lies in the Web, but it's center of gravity is still the desktop PC software. And this is their source of conflict.
Schmidt says, when Google launched earlier this year called Google Apps a package, no one think Microsoft will be completely defeated. Google Apps is a simplified version of Microsoft Office, Google to consumers of this package provided free.
Schmidt said Google Apps just Google through the Internet to users with more computing power of a program of steps. He says, for most people, the computer is a complex and not reliable. If Google can through providing computing Web service, will be calculated the real improvement people experience.
Schmidt pointed out that, with the Internet connection speed improvement and the Internet software of improvement, "cloud computing" able to complete tasks will be more. He said, 90% computation task can through the "cloud computing" technology completed, including almost all of the enterprise computing tasks and white-collar employees task.
Schmidt believe that, no matter how hard he tried to avoid anger Microsoft, Google and Microsoft's friction is inevitable. Of course, Microsoft won't stagnate, it has been in the search and the Internet advertising investment in billions of dollars to catch up with Google, but so far and no success. They also in some other areas against each other, for example, online video Web map, mobile phone software.
Harvard business school professor David said, basic Google mode is trying to change all the rules of the software world. He says if Google to succeed, Microsoft now provide many value will be reduced to zero.
As for Microsoft, schmidt's remarks amounted ZhanShu. In computer software is installed on the tradition of the root of the Microsoft, its officials think that 90% computing tasks will be shifted to the Web based on the "cloud computing" environment is a kind of the idea of fantasy.
Microsoft enterprise department, said President lecco, take the current market and future market comparison is wrong. In the lecco, opinion, Google's challenge was to Microsoft's attack was misled, also is the arrogance. Google concern is their own interests, it is in order to weaken the Microsoft, not meet the demand of customers.
Lecco, points out, Microsoft in product development and research on customers have spent many years time and billions of dollars, careful research staff and enterprise to use the software method. Indeed, Microsoft's advantage is its office software on the market in great lead. Industry analysts say, Google can't in desktop software field and Microsoft directly to fight. Desktop software is to Web software transformation.
Analytic personage points out, and in recent years the other than Microsoft win over rival, Google is a totally different competition: the larger, development speed faster, and deep-pocketed, for talents attractive. Google "cloud computing" technology is open. By Google engineer the design of your own data center in energy saving, speed, cost have advantage, enables it to add in a low cost computing power.
HP why from Microsoft to grand?
The world famous IT companies hewlett-packard (HP) and royal network announced that formed a strategic partner relationship, will be based on digital home to explore the interactive entertainment market, HP's global vice President, President of China SunZhenYao and royal network TangJun President attended the meeting and signed a cooperation agreement. Desktop PC will bind grand YiBao (EZPod) and relevant network entertainment content service.
A head of the previous HP had to the media, said to force a Microsoft MCE, not and the grand EZPOD cooperation, and the cooperation of how much a little not people's expectations, what is it about reasons why HP from Microsoft to turn to the grand?
The author thinks that there are two causes:
One, a grand digital entertainment strategy is not just hardware (EZPOD) and software platform (EZCENTER), but to focus more on the content of planning and organization.
Compared with the Microsoft MCE, grand YiBao probably not the dominant in hardware and software, "because from the whole solution look, more economy is MCE, at the same time, it also has a lot of additional development functions", HP's digital home computer a head of the end of the said. Compared with Microsoft, grand but spent a lot of power to organize and rich the contents of the box, and since has been listed, around the contents of the box on the grand a series of acquisitions holdings, the most recent and and EMI one hundred generation, ladder digital into strategic partner relationship, to increase learning function and box greatly enriched the music content. And Microsoft MCE in content, especially in domestic did not see any action.
And digital entertainment strategy in the key just of content. If the will digital entertainment is sometimes compared to a luxurious sports car, hardware and software is like a car body and engine, and it is for the car running "gas", a again luxurious sports car, lack of gasoline is run up. Also, a successful digital entertainment strategy, "content" the same key. HP in hand is seen the grand ready and the rich content, big digital entertainment strategy in China to be more feasible.
Secondly, HP and grand cooperation also took a fancy to grand IT infrastructure purchasing large sheet.
In-the talk of the agency "world of warcraft" server purchased used and manufacturers approach, that is the first manufacturer to sell to the talk of the server, the9 in use after six months to pay for a purchase cost, ZhuJun says do to ease the pressure on the capital, on the one hand, to prevent the waste of resources, and emergency supplies in the server, and has established relationships with the manufacturer directly, and is also easier to control these the9 server. Allegedly, the world of warcraft servers to the demand is higher, a group of the blood legend "server can load online at the same time the number of players, may be the world of warcraft of two to three times.
And, two of the grand agent was the ONLINE LongYuDeXia city "and" the overlord mainland China ", and the two game on the server requirements are higher, and "dragon" is also a company on beyond the talk of the world of warcraft hope, for the same purpose, shanda when purchasing server also likely to use with manufacturers way. And the and HP's cooperation in just a year most key of network game sessions in May 10 days before, you can imagine what the next few months, used in the LongYuDeXia city online "and" overlord continent of server will be installed in the HP to big room. If the two game smooth operation, the hardware purchase the largest single a considerable number.
In short, the author thinks that the cooperation will be a win-win cooperation. Grand took a fancy to HP's personal computer sales push grand YiBao sales; HP took a fancy to grand hardware purchase big list. So, HP from Microsoft to grand is understandable.
Many ministries computer pre-installed genuine system forced Microsoft will benefit most
In the deep of intellectual property rights negotiations gradually, the Chinese government multi-channel "gold medal" sent to the original software for field. Yesterday, the ministry of information industry web site announcement to say, more ministries have jointly issued notice, to pre-load licensed operating-system computer operating system software specific requirements.
To force the blocked the original operating system
Jointly issued by the notice, the most is the strength of the two: one is in the PC manufacturer installed operating system, it is, the national copyright administration and the ministry of commerce on has jointly issued the "computer pre-installed on original operating system software notice on the; The other in government procurement, the national copyright administration, and the ministry of the state council, the ministry of finance, the organ affairs administration jointly issued the "about the government office equipment must purchase purchase of computers has installed the original operating system software products notice".
Two notice is direct significance, not installed the original operating system PC products will not be sold.
"From the entire industry environment look, this to the Chinese and foreign enterprise is all good." China's largest operating system software enterprise one of the red flag President ZhaoXiaoLiang to division yesterday the first financial daily said.
"Domestic manufacturers or the original of the benefit." In science and technology and deputy general manager zhang lei says, for ever and ever in science and technology in government procurement vigorously promote the original in 2005, has made great breakthrough, performance is almost eight times more than the previous year.
"The biggest profit from it, of course, is the software giant Microsoft." Sadie senior adviser CaoRan analysts said.
The personage inside course of analysis, the operating system software field, the ZhiNiuEr only Microsoft, this clause seems to have against the company in the domestic operating system market practice price monopoly relevant, urged Microsoft price concessions to the protection of the legitimate software.
To this, vice chairman of the Chinese association of software industry ZhuSanYuan told reporters, early in the several years ago, Shanghai about 40 computer manufacturers had tried to and Microsoft to reach an agreement, the hope can with "preferential price" for the original of the operating system, they can accept the price of about 100 yuan, but Microsoft price is too high, far higher than it was in the United States and the price of Europe, and therefore no contact between later.
Lenovo group board chairman Mr Yang, had revealed that 2006 lenovo to register double-digit year-on-year global Microsoft will reach about 10 billion yuan RMB. A few days ago, TCL, tsinghua tongfang is also signed with Microsoft in the next three years, purchasing $60 million and us $120 million of Microsoft the original products. According to a news show, within one week in the future, lenovo, founder two Chinese PC enterprise will also signed purchase agreement with Microsoft, in the hundreds of millions of dollars of scale.
Notice with "blind Angle"?
The personage inside course of study expresses, even so, Microsoft is still difficult to satisfaction. This is mainly Chinese PC sales unspoken rule in. The Chinese market PC manufacturers will generally offer users two options, a genuine Windows operating system for pre-installed, one kind is only outfit DOS system, commonly known as the "simulates".
At present, nearly all PC manufacturers have such simulates provide, the user can purchased after they installed in simulates other operating system, this led to the use of pirated software space exists. Simulates pre-load licensed operating-system than Windows of cheap 500 yuan. A sadie consultant analysts estimate, the market share of the simulates more than 50%.
Analysts say, DOS is also a kind of the original operating system, is only belong to the "old" characters operating system, rather than of the general graphical interface, PC manufacturers need not pay the fees for authorized. The more the circular ministries and did not specify not allow PC manufacturers installation DOS operating system.
Microsoft and Kelihos custody of the botnet domain name company reconciliation
Microsoft to Kelihos botnet related litigation has make progress, a Czech domain name the company Dotfree Group SRO has and Microsoft to discuss its management domain name cz. C settlement matters, Microsoft earlier found that the domain name contains a lot of Kelihos botnet infection elements, no controlled drugs, junk mail, sex and fraud information, and at the same time the domain is also used in the transmission MacDefender threatening software, so to Virginia federal courts, the request VeriSign close as many as 21 Internet Kelihos botnet domain name system.
As part of the settlement agreement, the company agreed to delete and transfer all used for business botnet or other illegal purpose of the domain name, and try to establish a safety of free top level domain, to prevent abuse.
And for the other 20 a domain name company lawsuit remains unresolved.
Kelihos zombie network includes about 41000 infected computers, sending 38 billion junk e-mails every day. Earlier this year, Microsoft with legal and technical measures and Rustock scored Waledac botnet.
Android development by huge investment Google stood in Microsoft shoulder
Microsoft global intellectual property and the authentication group, a senior vice-president at the global legal consultant Ann (Horacio E. Gutierrez) accept SFGate interview that mobile phone operating system is a result by companies billions of dollars investment, Google is standing in the Microsoft such a big company on the shoulder. About mobile phone manufacturer of disputes between the lawsuit, the ancient Ann says, "there any new technology is always messy patent disputes, faced with smart phones are no exception. It was chaos and to shuffling of the period, the technology is well known until owners did not come to an end."
"Patent dispute headache, but it is normal and necessary. If no patent protection, the company without motive spend years time, investment billions of dollars the r&d of new products. No license contract, no action, competitors and won't respect patent all who give investment."
In addition, the ancient Ann also think, now more innovation is in software, so patent protection in protection is innovation. Numerous studies have demonstrated, patent protection in fact play a key role, to ensure that the United States in the leading position in the field of science and technology.