Feb 05 2012

Microsoft to enable Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012

Category: Microsoft office 2010 — admin @ 7:43 pm

This headline is not an error. I didn’t have one too many craft brews over the New Year’s weekend.

Microsoft is poised to enable customers to make virtual machines (VMs) persistent on Windows Azure, I’ve heard from a handful of my contacts who’ve asked not to be identified.

What does this mean? Customers who want to run Windows or Linux “durably” (i.e., without losing state) in VMs on Microsoft’s Azure platform-as-a-service platform will be able to do so. Microsoft is planning to launch a Community Technology Preview (CTP) test-build of the persistent VM capability in the spring of 2012, according to partners briefed by the company.

The new persistent VM support also will allow customers to run SQL Server or SharePoint Server in VMs, as well. And it will enable customers to more easily move existing apps to the Azure platform.

Windows Azure already has support for a VM role, but it’s not very useful at the moment. (I guess that explains Microsoft officials’ reticence to comment on any of my questions about Azure’s VM role support, in spite of my repeated requests.)

“The current VM role when rebooted or randomly recycled by the Azure platform loses any data stored — any persistence. So for applications that rely on the machine name or files/config that constitute “state” not stored in SQL Azure (or externally), this is a problem. This is also one of the technical reasons why you wouldn’t try running SharePoint on the current Azure VM role,” explained one partner, who requested anonymity.

To date, Microsoft has been balking at customer requests to add persistent VMs to Azure, hoping to get customers to develop Azure apps from scratch instead. But the lack of the ability to host apps like SharePoint and other third-party business applications with persistence was a deal breaker for a number of business users who were unwilling to consider Azure until Microsoft added this support, one of my contacts said.

Running Linux on Azure has been a surprisingly big business-customer request, as well, my contacts said. Microsoft won’t be supporting Linux once the late-March persistent VM CTP launches; instead, it will be up to customers to provide uploads of their own Linux images, I heard from my contacts. Microsoft plans to tout the persistent VM capability on Azure as providing users with an easy on-ramp to its cloud platform, as they can start with the apps they already have and host them without a lot of reworking.

The Register reported earlier this year that Microsoft was testing the ability to run Linux on Azure in its own labs, and that the launch of such a capability was still months away.

Feb 04 2012

ITC: Motorola violates one of Microsoft’s mobile patents

Category: Microsoft office — admin @ 12:51 am

The preliminary ruling in the U.S. International Trade Commission case involving Microsoft and Motorola Mobility is in, as of December 20.<br>
The ITC found that Motorola Mobility is in violation of one of Microsoft’s patents, U.S. Patent No. 6,370,566. This patent, makes it possible for users to schedule meetings from their mobile devices. Here’s a link to the initial determination from today.<br>
Florian Mueller, of FOSS Patents blog fame (and who is doing a paid study for Microsoft on FRAND patents), has a chart explaining more about patent ‘566.<br>
Microsoft had been seeking to prove that Motorola Mobility infringed seven of its mobile patents.<br>
Microsoft’s official statement, attributable to David Howard, Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel:<br>
“We are pleased with the ITC’s initial determination finding Motorola violated four claims of a Microsoft patent. As Samsung, HTC, Acer and other companies have recognized, respecting others’ intellectual property through licensing is the right path forward.”<br>
The next step in this case is a final determination by the six-member commission. Then the ITC judge takes the staff’s opinions into account in making a final decision.<br>
Microsoft sued Motorola on October 1, 2010, over alleged infringement of Motorola’s Android smartphones on Microsoft’s patents. On November 9, Microsoft sued Motorola again over wireless and video coding patents that are used by the Xbox and smartphones. In the latter case, Microsoft claimed that Motorola is charging excessive royalties for its patents. Motorola retaliated with its own countersuit on November 10, 2010, claiming infringement of 16 of its patents by Microsoft’s PC and server software, Windows Mobile and Xbox products.<br>
As Mueller noted in his post on the Administrative Law Judge’s initial determination, the Microsoft-Motorola Mobility dispute is “now keeping multiple courts in the United States and Germany busy with more than 50 different patents-in-suit.”<br>
Earlier this month, European antitrust regulators suspended their review of Google’s intended purchase of Motorola Mobility, and are seeking further information before the acquisition can proceed.<br>
Updates: Microsoft is claiming that 18 devices include code from patent ‘566. The 18: Atrix, Backflip, Bravo, Charm, Cliq, Cliq 2, Cliq XT, Defy, Devour, Droid 2, Droid 2 Global, Droid Pro, Droid X, Droid X2, Flipout, Flipside, Spice, Xoom Tablet. Geekwire has a link to the Motorola Mobility statement, which includes the following information on what’s next:<br>
“The final decision in this case, based on the deliberation of the full ITC, is expected by April 20, 2012. The ITC’s final determination ruling would be subject to a 60-day review period by U.S. President Obama. The Company noted that sales outside the U.S. are not within the focus of the ITC.”<br>
Speaking of lawsuits… I never did note that the Novell vs. Microsoft antitrust case (dating back to the Windows 95 days) came to an end on December 16. The jury was hung (because of a lone juror), so Microsoft was off the hook and didn’t have to pay Novell over $1 billion in damages. Microsoft has filed paperwork asking a federal judge to dismiss the case for good.<br>
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Feb 03 2012

Microsoft will be: Google need such an enemy

Category: NEWS — admin @ 3:54 am

When Google invincible wherever, it is easy to get lost direction or slow down. Google needs of the real enemy, and powerful enemies.

June 2,, Microsoft will long immature Live search officially changed its name to BING search, everybody else will be, the Microsoft “new baby” of the birth of the Google Chrome as the birth of the browser, a blue blood, eye-catching, but one was born destined to face formidable opponents, destined to is the role of the challenger.

Microsoft path

June 2,, when the China business news reporter interviews Microsoft search business relevant personage, the team members the mood is quite good, should be released once because will, in the results of the evaluation of evaluating the parties are pretty good, and Google search length shown even slightly win, “the plank brick very few, this obviously with Microsoft released before the new product for the big difference.” Gradually became accustomed to the criticism of Microsoft, the slightly feeling relaxed.

Search for Microsoft is important in that, it is the most convenient Microsoft into the Internet of the channel. In Internet strategy on the little blunt Microsoft need such a channel. But Microsoft’s Live search always does not see improvement, and Google gap also increase. Live in the Google search under the oppression of hard to the fore. Microsoft for several times before the public to Live search that brand of discontent. Transformation is difficult, not start again. “No new brand to search in Microsoft highlights the importance.” Microsoft’s MSN vice President LiuZhenYu said.

LiuZhenYu when accepting a reporter to interview the attitude to put very low, the new brand in the search field is just a challenger. But as a challenger may burden less, more can let go to do it. Microsoft said a word with the light of the feet of shoes are not afraid.

Microsoft this time though just will search for product name, but Google competition with them is Microsoft integrated a big net: “Microsoft’s Internet contains a search, community, portal, instant messaging, these will be very good to integrate, and will form the pulling power each other.” LiuZhenYu rather complacent.

Microsoft has always wanted to Live in before a brand will himself into the Internet, but it also Live load the too much on traditional software colour, provide the operating system Windows, Office software Office, XBOX game the services, so that the Microsoft’s Internet strategy does not clear, not simply. And really, the application of the Internet can’t highlight in here, this is will be independent brand the basic reason.

As will be the independent brand, Microsoft’s Internet territory gradually clear: a path from will should go into, the integration of the application of the Internet, including search, portal, community, instant communication. Another path, is to Live in, use Live through the Internet and the traditional software of estrangement, will the traditional software assets in the Internet revitalize.

The Internet is Microsoft had to do, the software is Microsoft won’t put down, the next two brand will coexist.

Such an Internet strategy looks of course not like pure Internet, this is also because Microsoft was decided, it has a history of heavy wealth, and eager to get a new gold mine. So, Microsoft insider is also not willing to call it the “Internet strategy”, but to see further “S S” strategy. Like Google to face the future proposed computing clouds, Microsoft’s “S S” is their future trend of computing clouds of judgment. Google all the calculations that the future will be transferred to the “clouds”, while individual as long as have one of the most simple terminal that can complete all the tasks. And Microsoft argues that “cloud” and “end” is long-term co-exist, “cloud” application will be more and more powerful, but “end” application will never disappear.

Microsoft and Google battle, because one’s different, so different, path, different strategy.

Big customer for a fight

A few years ago or Google challenge Microsoft, has now become Microsoft challenge Google. Google challenge because Google do the success with Microsoft different things, Microsoft and will cast Microsoft to get around in the back. Now as the Microsoft also need such challenger of “innovation”.

Microsoft will be released in the scene, the reporter found that Google released new product with each different, Microsoft did not take other competitors compared the page, but deliberately manifestations of their characteristics and and traditional search style not too the same page. And Google always put rivals pages together contrast.

Microsoft into the search field in the time, usually a user to ask a question: if I do as good with Google search, can you use? The obvious answer is no. People use habits is very stubborn, if no special innovation, it’s hard to users from a platform migration to another platform. Like so many years Microsoft Windows and hold Office, although substitute emerge in endlessly, but not real users will take. So, the product well is necessary, but to have a different business model is more necessary. In Microsoft’s opinion, pursued and the opportunity to catch up is to grasp new business opportunities, and not the only imitate. Especially for Microsoft such overlord, how can stand that long and outcome of unintended competition.

“We will not insist on payment of the model? Click will. We will not try to new business model? Sure will.” LiuZhenYu replied.

Microsoft started last year to try a search to the business model of cash: users through the Microsoft search into the business site after purchase, Microsoft can receive a portion of the commission, then Microsoft will be part of the commission to cash mode returned to the user. This model is rolled out, widely understood to be outside Microsoft anxious to grab market share user ascension. In fact, in this mode began to try, gates has said: “commercial search accounted for one third of all search application, but in the camp is the dominant.” Careful research found that Microsoft’s intention is not only the user, the key is to survive is to go Google clients. “Google’s 1000 customers, maybe before 100 big customers will bring 50% of income. Cut the income of the competition, especially with the chain great contribution to the source of income, not only can make rapid growth, still can effectively cracking down on competitors.” Analysis of the personage inside course of a word.

As part of the activities, Microsoft also introduced a new business model “cost-per-action”, advertisers only if the user generated when purchasing behavior to pay for advertising, and not simply pay-per-click basis. Microsoft says, for advertisers are concerned, they can obtain more accurate return on investment.

The Internet is free economics has come out of business model, Google is the typical representative, by free earn popularity, and then derivatives to sales. And Microsoft’s trying other attempts to the model one step further. Gates predicted that way: rewards users will be the future business model.

In fact, Google is sorrow in innovation in the business mode. Google launched many new applications, but could not effective commercial. Microsoft to join, no doubt, will promote the innovation of the search market business model. And will not be like the past, several search desperately than technology, than page, the results do more and more like a twin brother.

Microsoft will be, just like Google Chrome browser to challenge Microsoft launched the “monopoly”, the outcome is unknown. But Google need such an enemy-a search field in some kind of the enemy, let oneself to keep running.

Feb 01 2012

The nasdaq was born miracle: top IT giant growth trajectory

Category: NEWS — admin @ 11:44 pm

July 16, 1968, a day that affect the global decades. Is, XianTong semiconductor company to the head of the Robert? Noyes, laboratory director Gordon? Moore and vice director Andy? Lafugelufu out of the company, have a few pages simple plan to visit the venture capitalist king Arthur? Rock, only 5 minutes and raised the enough venture capital–$2.5 million.

This day for Intel firmly laid a a gold nails: top people get top capital. Since then Intel “not drop talent” the net talents, including micro processor inventor ted? Hoff.

But in fact, besides talent, the Intel and other emerging technology same company, has been to the storage shrinking business, and even faced going bankrupt.

1978 in 1985 to in, Intel spent seven years finally clear direction. Meanwhile four things every set heaven and earth. 1978 out of a digital watch business in 1985, Intel to do the choice of pain, the main business from the DRAM to microprocessors. This is a constantly back to the business of the essence of the technical process, the focus on the industrial chain of center position.

Help Intel consciousness is IBM. In 1981, IBM chose 8088 as IBM PC microprocessor, and started the PC era.

In 1984, the United States senate to promote Intel through “semiconductor chip the * * case”, allow semiconductor manufacturers made him the copyright circuit design, the bill would be to protect the development of important Intel tools.

In 1985, Intel finally complete to build a super high-tech company frame structure: into the PC industry chain central, and focus in this; Establish the most elite research and development ability; Set up a high enough trade barriers; And powerful enough for the company to do business.

In 1991, Intel finally come under face, will the controversial “Intel Inside” brand slogan implanted into the world.

Intel in the course of development of the skill of the most vicious, is manufacturing technology, and then immediately manufacturing barriers, from memory that make a lot of standard start, such as advocate “plug and play”.

But Intel microprocessor captured by the benefits is, did not go to Microsoft was forced to keep copy rivals, even the point of purchase. Very simple, in the industrial chain, the software can be alternative is very strong.

2001-2005 for Intel’s second big change, in the digital age structure with comprehensive, and once again, escaped the danger of aging.

Microsoft: let all people accept Microsoft’s standards

In 1975, the birth of Microsoft, caused a landmark technology change tornado, the whirlwind blow and global, make the concept of information through to the human life and all aspects of consciousness, its founder Bill Gates has also become worthy information age brought the tide.

The miracle of Microsoft is to be the standard, and let all the people to accept the standard. In 1975, from Harvard University school of the bill? Gates and high school alumni Paul? Allen founded Microsoft company, main sell the BASIC language programming this, and without eyes. Five years later, Microsoft ushered in the major turning point. Microsoft is already become giant IBM selected, as its new PC write key operating system software. It is because at that time giant IBM’s favour, become Microsoft later became popular in the world of opportunity.

Microsoft with the price of 50000 dollar from someone’s hand bought an operating system for the right to use the, again it to rewrite for disk operating system software (ms-dos), this is later appeared in countless computer Microsoft operating systems.

It is on the IBM PC’s popularity dongfeng, Microsoft ms-dos has been a huge success, because other PC makers are expected to and IBM compatible. Microsoft’s ms-dos was more and more families and company charter use, in the 80 s, it has become the standard PC operating system.

Microsoft’s success is that it still can quickly in the trade to establish their absolute advantage. Rely on the strong support of the cash flow, Microsoft management bold undertake merger and acquisition and rely on public financing, rapid expansion. Microsoft through the market monopoly and technical barriers, set up the entrenched industry status.

Microsoft is a mystery, it can copy others, but others can’t reproduce it. Technically, the ability to copy Microsoft been amazing, far better than peers. It can copy Google and other counterparts, but at the same time also can form his own personality. It through continuous copying Google, yahoo, cisco model, then begin to these companies aimed at opportunity of the business mergers and acquisitions, and can take people’s business can be digested, become Microsoft characteristic things.

The software industry in IT there is a warning: “don’t ever to do Microsoft want to do”. Visible, Microsoft’s huge potential has permeated every aspect of the software, it is pervasive, overwhelming.

Apple: redefine the meaning of technology innovation

“Steve jobs always seemed to be able to understand industry next will what direction”, bill? Gates so apple founder Steve jobs evaluation.

Apple was destined to miracle pronoun. Apple was the fastest growing company, apple speed let opponents to tremble. To listed in 1980, apple had to sit on the computer hegemony the head the current campaign. Apple stock public, less than an hour, 4.6 million shares were snapped up, apple top company produced four billionaire and 40 millionaire.

If Microsoft is to become the miracle of the network information age standard, so apple’s miracle is with “technology maniac” jobs, as a representative of the technology sent strong capability of independent innovation.

Throughout apple 30 years development process, like a technology feast. Apple’s success owes much to soul jobs. He is an engineering genius, the product positioning and design is very sensitive. And Microsoft can leave Bill Gates will be run at different, if not Steve jobs, apple has lost its shine. Perhaps this is the pride of Steve jobs himself, but apple’s sorrow.

From 1976 to 1985, Apple to design the independent research and development Apple series, created the era of myth. This is the apple of the development process of the first stage, and formed its unique advantage apple and huge market scale stage.

1985 to 1998 is the development direction of apple, Steve jobs for soul to leave and the board of directors for the simply grasp market, plus snowed under various kinds of disputes, apple development momentum slowed, the 1996 years or even a quarter for five consecutive losses. But this time apple in technical or made quite a level of progress.

1998 years later for apple to soar stage. The return of the jobs, for apple to send out fragrance. That year, apple immediately reverse losses flagging, began to earnings, the stock market to climb, development and progress to re-enter the fast lane. Apple to the growth of the terrorist speed shock.

Apple former CEO amoxicillin Leo said, Steve jobs can let people believe apple is always the innovator. From the Apple I to the latest MacBookAir, Apple were shaped dozen classic computer, and each time the innovation gives users brought surprises, and push forward the industry development. For many computer users speaking, apple the definition and led the computer industry, promote the technology innovation, changing people’s cognition of personal computing. In the technology innovation always go on in front of the absolute apple, with amazing speed has been a huge market.

Cisco: for consumers perfect industrial chain

Cisco to 16 years to finish top feat, the speed of development fast, even Microsoft also to the dust. In 1995, cisco to become the world’s largest network equipment manufacturers, into 2000, cisco as high as 18 billion dollars in annual sales, employees 31000 people, a market value of $444 billion, second only to general electric’s $505 billion and the Intel, and more than the first time Microsoft’s $358 billion.

If apple in the creation and lead the market, so, cisco is in the discovery and follow the market. In cisco development strategy, build market, dominate the market is always first. Cisco is in the center of the network economy, this is doomed to it than any other companies are more suitable for leadership and promote global economic development enterprise to network model transformation.

Cisco is the biggest reason is it successful ways to do things: never in the constantly changing-to improve the industrial chain merger also will not stop, and rapid change innovation industry environment, leading the market trend.

In the past 10 years, cisco had seven times to change direction, and the main customer demand orientation. Customers need to what kind of technology and product migration, cisco will change accordingly. Cisco from a single production of the company into a router network communication equipment of production and the company, and sales growth from $70 million to $18 billion. At present, more than 80% of the network information need through the cisco products, cisco across the network has absolute advantage industry chain.

Acquisition strategy has been extended the industrial chain of cisco one of the important ways. According to statistics, cisco history purchasing 135 companies, a value of over $60. In 1997, cisco $6.5 billion in revenue from about 40% of the purchase of the project. The fourth quarter of the year, cisco completion of the DiviTech A/S acquisition and announced that the acquisition of Pure Networks intentions. The acquisition as cisco business development and to enter a new market means, in other areas on the relentless attack. Due to the acquisition of taste of blood, and second only to exxon mobil huge cash flow (as much as $30 billion, more than Microsoft and apple), more difficult to restrain acquisition momentum, cisco and therefore only 16 years of time on the peak of the market value.

Google: focus on good search engine

In 1998, two Stanford students founded Google company, Google is just a professional pure search company, no one realized that Google started a web search era.

Google development initial period to avoid the premature competition. Google from counterparts from there are two lessons, the first one is not to jump to the market, and the second is to concentrate on the search business.

Google has carefully to protect the company’s financial data, to ensure that other Internet giant not prematurely note to search the gold market. At Microsoft, yahoo indulged in gateway website mysterious, Google use it every penny expand its operation ability, again with powerful operation ability raise user search experience and the advertising of correlation. June 7, 1999, in two of the most famous silicon valley venture investment company clay that? Ba jin, (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Buyers) and America Chinese fir (Sequoia Capital) all agree to Google’s investment of us $25 million. Winds gold and management of investment full support, Google development begin to fly.

Google walk is a technology to maintain the sustainable development of the commercial dynamic way. At present the three to the search engine, Google more professional and pure, focus on technology and not be marketing tool. In June 2000, yahoo decided to use Google as a search service provider. At the time of the first giant from Internet affirmation, make Google every day he added millions of search volume. In 2001, Google’s search deal with every day break through 100 million times mark and Google in the right of the page on the search results and related text ads, the left half part kept search results. This is the Google advertising model used today, the search result independent, advertising highly correlated, more than those blind on the effectiveness of banner ads.

Google success without its high quality and highly efficient human resources. Google the big three mechanisms are beginning to form: schmidt runs the company financial and business strategies, larry main attack r&d, 30 years old (mainly responsible for developing company policy, is Google a moral standard driver, so have the opportunity to instill all their views of the world. The two founders are much attention to technology, Google in search engine company technical excellence, despising the industry. And the whole Google company, a quarter of the staff is dr. Computer, its board of directors are also some big investors and technical genius.

Jan 31 2012

Microsoft interview questions

Category: Microsoft office — admin @ 6:49 am

Microsoft and many other companies in the interview to have a “secret test weapon”, the secret weapon is usually called “challenges”. One of my friends did not through the Microsoft interview. After the interview, he and I have dinner. He complain to say: “I hate that I, he is a fool. He even skin jarno justice so of the foundation knowledge all don’t understand!” My friend was angry about this, because he felt the interview mess, is this I talk about the topic of ignorance.

Results the truth what??? He applied position is project manager, this is a responsible for design software and not programming work position, so this position need to do a lot of persuasive work. The project manager to and a group of have a strong logistic thinking ability, but the lack of social skills programmers contact with, this needs to be a special talent. Want to do a project manager, you need to have the unique ability is: to persuade people to accept the fact that you think is right, and this is basically your daily job. You must be filled with patience and friendly, this is project manager position to the quality of a person’s basic requirements.

“The challenge” of the earliest version appeared in the oral of Stamford-than endure IQ tests. The test could be given the following topics: we all know, water can put the fish in the water “up, then please answer this question: if we have a barrel only half a bucket of water, the barrel in the balance, water and barrel just weighs 45 kg. And then put a 5 kilograms of fish in a barrel, and now a total weight of?

Most adults will say that 45 plus five is 50 kg. Host test this time may ask: “how can this be right? You know that water is will put the fish’s up.” If the test people changing the answer, and then said, “I think the answer should be 50 kilograms, but not very sure.” So a score of zero. Only in those tested using logic for his own the correct answer to defend and continuous foiled two “challenges”, the answer will be thinks is right.

These questions do not seem to make test for intelligence, but there’s no doubt that, using the “sophisticated” testing company attaches great importance to the test results. The general case as follows: in the interview process, the examiner will lead candidates say some completely sure, without controversy the correct answer. Then said, “wait a minute, wait a minute,” deliberately and he sing again two minutes of FanDiao, until they can fully prove the correct answer.

The cowardly candidate will choose to give up, such a man will never be accepted. Good candidate will copy a dell? Carnegie approach to convince you, always adhere to its position. Such talent will be accepted.

Without answers questions of the public

Microsoft interview questions to the public is not glad to, but also very helpless. As early as in the early days of the Internet, these questions will has begun to open.

The early 1990 s, Chris? In an interview, DevelopMentor’s. In the interview, a founder of say: “good, you are hired. But again ask you a Microsoft at the interview often asked questions-why sewer lid is round?”

Cosmi, answer say: “all right, if you to answer this question, I again to answer your question–why firefighters back is red?”

The company founder speechless.

The experience prompted cosmi, began to collect Microsoft interview questions. In 1996, he created a web site, and began to see myself heard that Microsoft try posted online.

University of southern California KeLang students? Bond pull paltiel and several of his friends to join the Microsoft’s an interview. Bond pull paltiel the problem sorted out, formed his own “Microsoft interview question bank”. There are some other web site provides a similar services, for example, 4 guysfromRolla. Com website “Microsoft interview questions” and Michael? Blair at the “technical interview problem” (website contains all kinds of questions, not just Microsoft interview questions).

You may think that Microsoft for interview questions was publicly very angry, the fact is not exactly. Bond pull paltiel and cosmi, all have heard, Microsoft the hr person guide employees in first as I, on their web site reference reference.

Of course, applicant can also use these sites prepared for the interview, but cosmi, and bond pull paltiel sites do not provide or provide few the answer to the problem. Bond pull paltiel once received a call from a friend of a friend of the emergency telephone, was she to Microsoft on the eve of the interview. She put a before a lot of pull from bond paltiel website printouts of things, but not a problem has definitive answer, she wants to let bond pull paltiel told her.

Cosmi, the company received many e-mails, they also want to “like Microsoft did recruitment”. But they need to know the answer, and the answer of the cosmi, web site are cut out. Selma, said: “I always answered, if you don’t know the answer, you should not ask these questions in the interview. It often makes them very angry.”

Microsoft intelligence problem where you come from

Logic topic is Microsoft 16 th floor cafeteria lunch leisure part of the conversation. Microsoft’s competitive spirit to make everyone think, can put forward “new” and “effective” is a very “cool” things.

Many of the problems with Microsoft produces legend. It is said that, once Steve? Ballmer and another Microsoft official jogging, saw the lid a sewer, he freely asked: “why sewer lid is round?” Another person get a brainwave way: “hey, that’s a good question. The interview” This story may be it a, but almost certainly, ballmer was not the first to put forward the problems of the drain cover. In fact, Microsoft’s interview questions in some intelligence is intelligence problem assembly book, or some of the main content with intelligence on website appeared, Microsoft is just give them “dressed up” just.

The most widely circulated interview questions:

Not in use of scales, how to weigh a jet the weight of the plane?

Why the image in the mirror and not about reverse upside down?

Why are you in the hotel open a hot tapping out there hot water?

M&M chocolate is how to make?

You in the ship, put a box thrown up, level will rise or fall?

The world how many piano tuner?

How many states are there in the gas station?

Every hour how many Mississippi River flows through New Orleans?

A hockey rink the ice weigh?

If you can move the United States of the 50 states any one, you’ll move out which one?

On earth there are many such points: 1 km to go south, walk east 1 km, farther north 1 km walk, you can go back to the original starting point?

A day in the hands of the clock overlap how many times?

Mike and Todd two people a total of us $21. Mike money more than Todd $20, everyone how many money? In your answer cannot have a mark.

Generally speaking, will the phone book Manhattan over many, many times, to find you want to find of names?

How will you design bill? Gates’ bathroom?

How do you design a computerized microwave oven?

Jan 29 2012

Microsoft to stop buying back shares

Category: Microsoft office 2010 — admin @ 7:36 pm

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…

Jan 28 2012

Microsoft first to large state-owned enterprises and litigation public insurance compensate 2.17 million

Category: Microsoft Office 2007 — admin @ 7:35 pm

Shanghai Volkswagen insurance company use Microsoft software piracy, was sentenced yesterday to Microsoft compensate for 217. Ten thousand yuan. This case is the first case of Microsoft in China against large state-owned enterprise infringe upon their software copyright case, is also so far Microsoft in China the biggest amount of compensation for the case.

Comment on: “the boy”, Microsoft anti-piracy efforts started with the power to the enterprise level, many enterprises to China was a wake-up call.

Jan 24 2012

Microsoft gates “Microsoft” innovation

Category: Microsoft office 2010 — admin @ 6:39 am

“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.

Jan 23 2012

Microsoft’s headquarters was former partner “hit” field

Category: Microsoft Office 2007 — admin @ 4:46 am

On 24 August morning, in the Microsoft’s China headquarters is located in Beijing door, there appear company signs were hit of the scene. Once and Microsoft cooperation of fame ten eye the authentication company boss ZhouJingZhi, in order to is a contract dispute “get a view”, make Microsoft China headquarters. According to information, ten eye company will next week in respectively in China international economic and trade arbitration commission and the Beijing intermediate people’s court that it 100 million yuan and 60 million yuan of litigation.

Comment on: executives unrest affects not only the company internal operation, and external cooperation business, Microsoft China’s encounter alarmed.

Jan 21 2012

Microsoft IE9 five development of design details deserves to be praised

Category: Microsoft Office 2007 — admin @ 10:12 pm

In the 1990 s, IE should be the most large groups of users, the most widely used browser, and the record keeping ten years unchanged until later appeared Netscape, it is the earliest fight with IE browser. IE9 is the development of major works Microsoft recently, now it seems the praise highly of Microsoft’s latest browsers do release available.

Below I came to IE9, for example, throughout the IE9 browser technology.

1. IE9 follow meet the future development trend of standard

If you ask web developers: “why not use meta CSS3 or web site?” Most of them can answer: “because many browser does not support.”

IE has more than 50% of the market (statistical time: in April 2010 source: wikipedia)

Despite the current CSS3 and meta still far less than the most ideal effect of the W3C, but IE developers but have not let us down, this upgrade is support the meta CSS3 and, even more than some media, developers expected (the thought that in 2022, IE will launch support.) So the IE9 release, for network developers is a good news.

Interactive browser test results (source IE9 test center)

For example, IE9 supports CSS3 media demand module, and its function is to show different user requirements for web developers of development the web page rendering technique, desktop client, laptop, mobile equipment.

IE9 showed CSS3 media demand rendering page (computer, laptop, respectively for mobile devices to display)

Key to emphasize that despite the current IE9 official version has been published, use IE older versions (don’t support and meta CSS3) the number of users is considerable. But we can confirm, CSS3 and support the meta IE9 will let IT managers and technical director raised with the power of the update system (IE9 only support Vista and Windows 7).

2. Expressive conspicuous

IE version with other browsers before performance compared to some dark. Responsible for developing the IE workers also realize this, so this time the IE9 d-will is also hope to be the person finds everything new feeling.

IE9 used the Sunspider (a popular JS script expressive benchmark tools), for its graces many. JS script adopt different standard function ascension browser speed. The emphasis of the software IE9 expressive, if speed improvement to continue to ascend, then advanced users and technical staff will pay more attention to the IE9.

3. For early users with convenient

In order to let the public to experience IE9, developers, established the IE9 platform test page.

The test page based on Microsoft’s website, IE users test for early IE9 preview version, and IE9 developers, on top of the meta CSS3 and share the test data.

Developers also provide can be installed IE9 platform, let users to experience and the preview IE9 interface and function.

Also, developers and receive the user feedback system, let users to more easily provide views, platoon wrong reports.

4. Encourage outside developers to contribute force

Any software, can collect feedback from developers get improvement. Such as Linux, Wordpress and Drupal, they are popular, mainly because tens of thousands of open source the author’s contribute ideas, to product development into popular applications.

IE9 adopting similar technique, provide developers tools for programmers, to make them wrong to retrieve or test.

Although Microsoft programs don’t open source, but at least they providing a close to the way to find the mistakes and debugging rendering.

In a way, this method is very effective for public relations. If you and developers get along pretty well, then you can blend in to his boss, customers, friends and social circle. What a huge crowd!!!!! So IE9 for developers have open than before a big step.

5. More responsible for more transparent

Microsoft has been to product development take the possession of attitude, so for the IE9 blog release on development news, everyone will think of surprise. Blog talk about progress and development of IE9 obstacles, and encourage tourists participate in them. All this can see, Microsoft is no longer to product development and severely further transparent.

For example, in the public speculation of the video coding meta elements, IE9 development team in the blog on official admits, continue to support the industry standard codes h. 264.

Why to say the special case? Because it shows Microsoft started to pay attention to the user, and not as it was that allow the user to guess and at its own conclusions. No matter whether you attention, at least we can get the product development of the response, isn’t it?

IE9 lets users know to Microsoft will also admitted mistakes, such as Google’s Gmail products in IE9 render error, and official recognition that a mistake, from the former Microsoft image is completely different.

In the display Gmail IE9 (source: IE official blog)

As a network development and design staff, I know that in the work to accept criticism is very difficult, but it is also important to work improvement, to this kind of criticism topic, can choose to have constructive feedback to help improve their work.

So, this is not a Microsoft’s innovation?

Very likely. Over the years, I have been submitted to the Microsoft browser improvements, but make me angry, they have been ignored. However, I have to admit, IE development team in the development of a lot of work in the next IE9, although at present the IE9 Chrome, firefox and than up is not too perfect, but I am writing purpose is, I am engaged in so many years of network development and design, the first time readily see Microsoft is gradually change, new applications and released in a much different.

 

Although there are still some defects in IE9, but for future network experience will be better, looking forward to more and more meta CSS3 and the factors appear, that can help people save many test network development time, also can let users get better sensory experiences.

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