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In September last year, when yahoo was set aside, Microsoft is authorized by the board in five years the company can use $4 billion company stock buyback. When Microsoft’s chief financial officer Chris Liddell said, “that this shows that our long-term development of the faith, and that is our commitment to shareholders capital return.” So Microsoft in the past three months how much stock to buy? Almost no!

In the last Wednesday the company performance conference, an analyst Chris Liddell ask about the buyback matters, Linddell response to, “this is a big environment. In the current situation to keep cash reserves is a responsible way.” In fact, the Microsoft Office company in this season by season on cash held grow to $20.715 billion 25.34 billion dollars, and at last season, Microsoft used around the $2.2 billion shares in the company.

Liddell continue to say, “we will still keep repurchase stock in a company, but it will based on where we change the environment, and our working capital, this is a long-term decision.” According to the chief executive’s comments “economy is not so fast recovery”, we can understand so: don’t expect this season will buy the company stock Microsoft…….

That our problem is, Microsoft why so stingy? And other companies are also do the same thing. According to Liddell, despite declining profits, Microsoft this year’s cash flow of $20 billion, and the stock price is also in 10 years of low around…

“I am in the old family in the growth of the parents said what had to obey. This pattern is not suitable for son. I respect, admitted to the way and the son get along with, the topic of discussion all-encompassing. I also don’t regularly held the Olympic Games’ family ‘, this makes the children can feel and understand from big family love, this is to help them succeed elements”

Editor’s note:

According to the bund pictorial “report, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’s father, William Henry gates has accepted the newspaper interview, how to train the richest man in the world expressed his views. Old memories gates, found in the personality of the gates after independence, he realized from the parents “opinions type” education style has not suitable for use on a small gates, decided to use a more equality and respect with the attitude of son exchange, and obtain the ideal effect. In order to develop the small gates’ emotional intelligence and confidence, old gates invented the “family Olympic Games” game, and children in the game, the communication and teaching. This not only inspired little gates curiosity and self consciousness, more let gates know the cooperation, the friendship to the standard. At the same time, he was from his familiar “family Olympic Games” were inspired, roll out called “Microsoft game” outdoor competition project, and become Microsoft company every year of one of the major activities necessary.

Old gates thinks, family education mode is not immutable, parents should learn to according to the characteristics of children, the education mode timely adjust and innovation, only such ability can help children find the correct road to success.

The following is William Henry gates interview the.

William Henry gates:

Mary and I are in the old family in the growth of the parents say what we all have to obey. This pattern is not suitable for son. He began his preteens, the emotional aspects is very independent. He want to do what, don’t want to do what, all want to own.

Once, the rebellious young delay our travel time, he asked us: “I’m thinking about. Don’t you never think?” He give me a powerful lesson-no matter how busy you are, you do have more important, it takes time to think.

I grow up in the great depression, know the meaning of saving water, the money you spend to smart, is also need by working hard to earn. I still have the idea. I have never to children said “later to like me, don’t like me” word. Our criteria is always do the best, to follow them. Bill from Harvard University drop out from school, I not only feel depressed, but also for his future worry-he has no college degree? But now I’m sure the children follow our teaching, in order to dream do the best. The results prove he selected a the most the right path.

He is a successful entrepreneur, a good husband, father, to his way of life I pride but again……. Of course I am sure he mentally, ability, the life will also grow-I hope that any of us don’t for their achievements complacency, stagnant. In the world there are a lot of unfinished business, life still need to improve.

In a lot of things we have different opinions, we respect, admits of the exchange, the discussion, and debate, but it is a useful and informative practice, we improve the understanding of each other, improve the think of things and ideas.

When the children were little, sometimes we hold “joy Olympic Games” activities. In the family education, the game is very important education mode. Parents and children play together, in the game develop the child’s IQ and eq. The children in the game contact new things, feel the concern of the family, and through the virtual competition environment, can cultivate children’s adventure and enterprising spirit, and their victory in them a sense of accomplishment and you are grown old self sure consciousness, virtually, foster the consciousness of competition up, be helpful for they mature of knowledge and amraphel after clinging to the stage of life.

“Happy Olympic Games” activities in the past 15 years Microsoft succeeded in the great rondo, in our family’s help, gates invented for what he called the “Microsoft game (Microgames)”–will be “happy Olympics,” the reconstruction design into a bitter outdoor competition, “Microsoft game” had become one of the year’s big event of Microsoft.

As the child was young, Mary those initiated by the effect of the traditional family realize, “Microsoft game” nourish everyone involved in the enthusiasm and sense of cooperation, and his teammates friendship let everybody more wholeheartedly into the game.

Our family often party topic of discussion all-embracing, such as to discuss China become future leaders of the world behind the power, to discuss those who don’t like us rich people, will also be discussed child-raising experience, and our school team when can we get “the rose bowl” (NianDuXing American university football game title). Our topic no boundary, the party is often drag late into the night. These activities can make children from a YanShenXing family feel and understand love. I believe that these is to help them succeed elements.

Sometimes I have some upset since my son with the–with me the same name, and I no longer to this for many years the name of its patented, occasionally will think I be debased the-but the feeling then be proud son for emotional replaced. I hope China’s family also understand, gates family life with them–our parenting with them by any different.

If you are “brother”, in front of the hospital saw two people at the same time wave to you, a drug in hand, another hand top take a washbasin, you’ll get what get on? Some may say, of course, is nearby principle, who leave near let who get on the bus. Shanghai has a “brother” that ZangQin, he said should take over and wash basin, the reason is simple: the person most hand may or may not prescribe medicine for pain ailment is small, can’t run too far from their home to the place to go to a doctor, and take wash basin person must be be in hospital, journey usually farther, is also pull a trip to the guest, but income difference between.

ZangQin is called “magic’s”, he’s in Shanghai opened 17 years taxi, originally obscure, until a few months ago, he met a special passengers, is well known.

A day of noon, ZangQin in Shanghai beauty ROM building the door to a passenger, the car just starting out, he told passengers enthusiastically the conversation, “was finally I keep to you, from the office building out, sure distance does not short.” Passengers one leng, your own will go to the airport, “how do you know?” He said, “I see a person as long as 3 seconds, those in the supermarket, at the door of the subway stations take a taxi, people may be to wear pajamas airport? The airport also won’t let them go into……” The passenger was a interested, please he went on said.

ZangQinJu one example: “I once at people’s square see three people in front: the first wave is a young woman, with a small package, just after shopping, a young man and woman, is among a see be shopping; the third is to wear down jacket young man, hand was still carrying laptops. I do not hesitate to drive down the man before, on the car also feel strange, saying, why do you give up the two front, just not pick up to open to my face? I said before, the first girl is to sneak out at noon buy something very close to the company, estimates; the couple is among tourists, didn’t take what things, will not go very far. Down jacket, said to him, you say thumbs up for, I go to baoshan.

“I did the exact count, I open every day 17 hours of car, calculate fees and expenses, various oil average cost per hour for $34.5. If come up one of 10 yuan price, about to start a 10 minutes, plus every time the average time between passenger totally seven minutes, and then I spent 17 minutes earn only 10 dollars, and 17 minutes cost price is 9.8 yuan, not expensive, $20 to 50 yuan between business the most cost-effective high.” Passengers can gaping, pleasantly surprised, I thought today in the legend, this where like a taxi driver, cost unexpectedly accurate to every minute, the clear is a cost accounting division.

Speaking to an airport car has between, the passengers off, designed left his phone. The passenger named LiuRun, is Microsoft China company global technology support department department manager, after the event in his own blog wrote: “ZangQin give me a vivid MBA lesson!” Soon after, LiuRun invited ZangQin for Microsoft’s 50 employees told the class, 45 minutes of the lecture was applause interrupted 8 times. “Magic’s” ZangQin thus into name, has also accepted a number of companies of lecture the invitation.

The taxi drivers in Shanghai in average income 3000 yuan, and the ZangQin monthly income is 8000 yuan. At first, almost all counterparts all think ZangQin bluffing, and he didn’t SanTouLiuBei, every day also get food and sleep, income disparity so how could? Someone special to the taxi company checked a year of business records, had to believe. ZangQin opened the taxi for a business to do every day, and watch carefully and attentively summary, as time passes and practice of clattering so empty loading rate is extremely low, the efficiency is higher than many others nature.

It is, three hundred and sixty line, have a master. ZangQin is worthy of “brother” kwame brown. “Magic’s” actually not mysterious, but is more than the others work hard, that’s all. The world has never been short of wealth, but the lack of vision that wealth. Vision thus come to? If you would only hard, is the wealth.

Nokia world congress (NokiaWorld2011) in London opening, the congress, nokia has released the first batch of cooperation with Microsoft’s mobile phone, WindowsPhone four of the intelligent low-end machine and new services and accessories.

However, to the disappointment of the outside world, in nokia and Microsoft two giant high-profile marriage is not offering to the industry after those products. The personage inside course of study thinks, WP in technology and configuration mobile phone did not achieve the beyond, let the cooperation with Microsoft tried to through the revitalization of smart phones nokia product line of future have more uncertainty.

Comment on: nokia Microsoft as the last life-saving straw, but innovation is not enough, window is insufficient, WP7 products all have no obvious advantages, this means that nokia is hard to and apple etc mobile phone manufacturer to compete.

The innovation is almost always by market position stable industry leader development out of, however, they never launched disruptive innovation, also not good at disruptive innovation to the challenge, nokia now to think this sentence.

Microsoft quietly rolled out E-mail custom domain name service beta, anyone can give their Hotmail choose one of your own domain name, each custom domain name can be set up to 20 personal email account, for example, I have a 2 MB capacity of the keso [AT] keso. Cn mailbox. This is not what fantastic service, a lot of E-mail service providers offer enterprise email services, such as I have a keso [AT] donews. Com’s mailbox, use is yahoo’s service (but I almost never to check the mailbox in the mail). But Microsoft such a “common” software vendors, began to provide such not “general” service, a little meaning.

I doubt that this is just the beginning of personal service for Microsoft. In more and more active before the Internet users, Microsoft seems to begin to understand what it should do. So I estimate, next, Microsoft could give you a similar Spaces. Keso. Cn such personal space. In my opinion, the blog to individual’s domain name binding, than to provide a personal domain mail more meaningful. Google’s Blogger provide the blog released to the personal server service, but the service need you have one of your own FTP accounts, for most users have difficulty, but also will be the effect on the stability of the server. Use service provider of Web server, and at the same time have their own domain name, like TypePad provide the domain name mapping service, very cool, and the use of user threshold is very low.

The so-called personalized services, not only to a pile of gaudy and throw it to the user, let them to piece together into his own design. The personalized service, the more important is to let the user feel, that thing is at his own. He can not cherish others threw to his things, but he does not usually do not cherish his own thing. And it shows the blog just user personalized applications, put a personalized applications, with a personalized domain name binding, it will be more popular. Domestic BSP, BlogBus will provide the domain name binding service, but the service fee only to VIP users open.

In fact, this domain name mapping realize up is not difficult, service providers also won’t increase too much spending, but the feeling of the users are totally different. I estimate, there will be more and more BSP began to provide this more personalized service. Actually, I more hope that Google can provide a domain name mapping for Blogger as soon as possible for service and Blogger service is very easy to use, and most can be customized to the sex, personalized domain name, than to MSN Spaces service more like personal site.

Once the domain name mapping service BSP free to users, there is no doubt that will greatly excited individuals registering a domain name enthusiasm. However, no individual domestic registered. Cn domain regulation, is will the user to.com,.net,. Name and other international domain name. In this case, I think the relevant departments should really be the effrontery to take “national security” about it.

Many years ago, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates once said a words: “since the Chinese like piracy, let they steal! It is important to steal our software, sooner or later, they will pay us”. Obviously the Microsoft Windows operating system for the market share of worry, in the Windows 98 launch soon, Microsoft to get the Windows of the first big success strategy of the era, the rise of Linux, Mac OS, Novell is not be ignored in the adversary, and just emphasize to combat piracy will only make covet cheap Chinese users to dance to another tune, give up Windows and use other operating system. Clever Microsoft hope is that first let Windows in get a bigger share of the market, let users in imperceptible in form the habit of using Windows, when this habit rooted after, and other operating system can’t comfortable from. The extra offering out of piracy standard, and crack down on piracy, so as to realize the profit due.

From welcome of piracy, Microsoft is not sitting idly by

After Windows the development for many years, it seems that the time is ripe piracy. Linux has fought server platform, once busy desktop Linux has gradually cooling down. Apple’s Mac since Intel has to start with the cooperation, spread may be installed Windows operating system, and the news is not long ago got self-evident. As for Novell operation system is being more and more users have forgotten. And Microsoft is through the Windows 2000 launch greatly expanded the Windows of the market, newcomers Windows XP share more Windows add oil to add fire. In desktop computer market, Windows has reached 98%, the threat from other opponents can be neglected, that is to say Microsoft has had the necessary conditions of piracy.

In July 2005, Microsoft official start Windows Genuine appreciation plan (Windows Genuine Advantage), took the formal blow Windows the first step of piracy. All Windows XP / 2000 users of the system in the Microsoft download center for update and drivers must provide product serial number to confirm its Windows product legitimacy. Through the verification, users can continue to gain more from Microsoft download center to support the content. This makes the pirated Windows can’t get the support of the follow-up, security, stability, new characteristics are not security would have to pirated Windows despair. Thus was forced to give up using pirated, into Microsoft want the original Windows embrace. In order to attract more pirated Windows users “MiTuZhiFan”, Microsoft allows users to slightly low piracy buy Windows software. Unfortunately, the plan out soon, hackers have cracked. Through the including in IE browser input a JavaScript command string, some way, users can easily around the original verification, even if is a pirate edition also can get the same services and the legal support. Obviously the first step of Microsoft piracy plan, go is not perfect.

London’s nokia world congress, Microsoft and nokia jointly said, for the participants will provide 25000 sets free nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone mobile phones.

The generous move will start in October 27, when will the meeting will start activities, believe that scene must be very warm.

London’s nokia world congress, Microsoft and nokia jointly said, for the participants will provide 25000 sets free nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone mobile phones.

The generous move will start in October 27, when will the meeting will start activities, believe that scene must be very warm.

While Microsoft and nokia also said they will jointly held a series of activities for developers, the next year will hold 1000 games to next June plan draws 100000 developers, and use its development tools, cloud infrastructure and operation system of the professional knowledge, help and a development company.

Yesterday, I first walked into Microsoft retail, retail business strategy of Microsoft had a deeper experience. Yes, I am responsible for reporting science and technology industry dynamics, Microsoft the world’s most influential software company in two years ago to test the entity of the retail business, but until now I have only visited a. This is all my fault.

In the east of the Mississippi River, has not been a Microsoft retail stores. I now lives in New York, is in October of 2009 moved here, in that month Microsoft first two retail stores open for business-a company located in Arizona scottsdale, another of the ShenWeiYe meters in California, the two places are hot spots of science.

In the past two years, Microsoft still without a retail store in Manhattan, and rival SONY and apple in the retail business quite prosperous there. But, Microsoft has started. The software giant will next week in Virginia Tyson Angle (Tyson ’s Corner) opens its first retail store in the United States of the east coast.

It will be opened at 7 this year Microsoft retail stores, also is the Microsoft retail stores 14. It is reported, SONY in the United States have 27 retail outlets, apple is up to 245 homes. Obviously, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) is not going to stop retail business, the pace of expansion. Microsoft should be in recent retail debut in New York. New York is the center of large retailers stage, march this city is of great significance.

Service is completely different

At the same time, Microsoft in California has not only five retail outlets, and four of them are adjacent to the place of home and the apple retail stores of SONY, a city located YuShiJi outdoor market, next to a nearby called “star road” (Avenue of the Stars) of the street. Yesterday afternoon, Microsoft retail passenger flow is not much, but SONY is near retail courty, only apple retail store thronged.

We hear about Microsoft is often to the retail business investment criticism, but to apple retail store service is praise: wooden desk, the warm sales person and fashionable metope of glass, and so on. May be right, but yesterday I in apple retail store experience is not happy. When I started to take pictures in the store, a apple female assistant even tried to will I went out.

I reminded her that, should allow I take photos in it, YouTube is in everywhere customers apple retail store holding the goats or dancing video clips. This female clerk not zhi voice, smiled. And in Microsoft retail store, but I have the completely different shopping experience. Excellent products Steve Perkins (Steve Perkins) is keen, tell I can walk while clap, and he said that this words still don’t know what I was before CNET reporter.

I asked to Windows mobile phone to perkins, so he began in a great screen above pointed to paint pictures, show this phone all functions. The big the display screen covers the whole retail nearly three-quarters of area. At the same time, other sales staff, with other parts of the screen to display Xbox games.

User loyalty

Perkins took me to the store product demonstration zone, although the design of the exhibit everywhere have apple retail store traces, but the display screen are impressive. It USES touch technology, perkins said anyone can come in from the outside, the demonstration zone held any type of meeting, not even with Microsoft products must be relevant.

If someone tries to in Beverly hills tupperware sell products, what shall we do? Perkins said, this person should be to Microsoft retail try his luck. Obviously, to make the technology provides a display the originality of the stage, it is no less than in a wonderful idea of appeal to the user.

Even so, Microsoft has the strength of the apple in the challenge before, still have a long way to go. Apple not only in the number of retail occupying the absolute superiority, and, some doubt whether Microsoft like apple, and has the popular trend of the accurate grasp, can bring and the first-class shopping experience as apple-even imitate.

The key is, consumer frequently visit apple retail stores, because they have fallen in love with apple’s products. In a replication of the user loyalty, Microsoft and apple gap are worlds apart.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (Bill Gates), local time, on Monday said in court testimony, Windows 95 is the company faced the biggest challenge, the company in the final hour modified some technical data, no longer support rival document editing software, worry that the operating system so collapse. Gates said. “we try very hard. Windows 95 is we the most challenging project.”

Gates is the first witness to appear in court on Monday of the witness that he will testify again on Tuesday.

Novell 2004 sued Microsoft, lawsuit argues that the defendant in the release Windows 95 other software company with the cooperation of the anti-monopoly law violation. Novell says, so it was forced to sell off WordPerfect, and caused $1.2 billion in losses. Novell is currently under The Attachmate Group subsidiary.

Gates said, Novell could not drive in Windows 95 release issued compatible WordPerfect software, and Microsoft Word software better. He said that, in 1994 years ago, the Word is more than WordPerfect become document editing software market mobile phone. Gates says it is a “important victory”.

Microsoft said in testimony, Microsoft was forced to abandon the a WordPerfect support the technical characteristics, because he worried that it will make the Windows 95 crash.

Novell is appeals to say, gates ordered Microsoft engineers blocked WordPerfect, because he worried about WordPerfect too good. WordPerfect in document editing software market share once close to 50%, but with Microsoft Word stand firm, WordPerfect market share decline rapidly.

Microsoft’s lawyer says, Novell market share loss is to blame, because in Windows 95 release after a few months, it still can not compatible version of the release WordPerfect.

Novell lawyer Jeff Johnson (Jeff Johnson) admit, Microsoft has no legal obligation to provide prior Windows 95 technical data, Novell to develop the compatible version of the software. But Microsoft to first Novell development compatible with Windows 95 WordPerfect version, and then in the Windows 95 release several months ago suddenly to the cancellation of Novell support.

Microsoft lawyer David tuor qin (David Tulchin) said, gates decided not to support WordPerfect reason is, Novell can’t Windows 95 issued the first make WordPerfect compatible with Windows 95. He points out that miss opportunity is it Novell the fault of their own, Microsoft has no obligation to provide support to rival. He said Friday, “Novell never to Microsoft bring this one problem, no evidence was brought to Microsoft Novell this problem.”

Johnson insists Novell deceived, Microsoft is the purpose of the document editing software monopoly market, “we have had to plot against”.

November 20, 1985 is the release of Windows 1.0 days, this system, while in the announcement was not caused a sensation, but its subsequent version but time and again, the difference in the world.

Microsoft recently bought Skype, make it become its an independent communication software department, today Skype to Microsoft on the team “video card”, by a shot by employees to celebrate 26 years of glorious Windows.