Build Ci successor: Microsoft buys the behind the curtain of Yahoo to hold the person that accuse
February 2, 2008

From left to right it is Gates, Microsoft respectively presiding research and strategic Guan Mudi, Ao Ci and silent of Microsoft CEO Ball
Fade as what compare Er · Gates, lei Aoci had become accepted Gates successor. Gai Cizhi chooses Ao Ci to be his successor so, hope he can find new breakthrough for Microsoft namely. Be in harmony of 44.6 billion dollar buys Yahoo, the plan that had proved Ao Ci did not come has many far-reaching.
Ao Ci of 52 years old is regarded as to be all the time this year quite far-sighted engineer, he gives out Lotus Notes of famous enterprise mail system with leaving and famed, october 1997, ao Ci established Groove Networks company. March 2005, groove is bought by Microsoft, and the chief technology officer that Ao Ci also became Microsoft.
All the time since, ao Ci uses Internet to perfect the software business of Microsoft in the plan. Microsoft spokesman takes an examination of a gram than Er · this (Bill Cox) expresses, when Microsoft buys Yahoo be related to hold video meeting, ao Ci explained to everybody how the technology two better conformity is together.
“He is true know a technique and know what is a trend. ” Rowe Price company dogs the analyst that studies Microsoft Ken Allan (Ken Allen) respecting.
Allan says, with silent of Ball of · of husband of Microsoft CEO history the base of a fruit (when Steve Ballmer) is together, ao Ci admits Microsoft must strengthen the network of network advertisement sale and software. Yahoo is had online photograph is shared and online music serves, these will conduce to Microsoft and cereal song competition.
Logical step
“Microsoft buys Yahoo to accord with logic completely. ” Allan respecting.
Zhou Wu, microsoft share price drops in Nasidake 2.15 dollars, the newspaper closes at 30.45 dollars, drop for 6.6% . Since Ci of lid of Baoermo replace became CEO 2000, the share price of Microsoft had dropped 40% the left and right sides. And the share price week of Yahoo goes up 5 times greatly 48% , the newspaper closes at 28.38 dollars.
Buy Yahoo to Microsoft, the decision making authority that Ao Ci has is next to Baoermo, this explains he grows day and day in the position of Microsoft. “Ao Ci is too busy, so that be accepted without a bit time,interview. ” take an examination of a gram this respecting.
“The socialization that our life, business is us even is in turn to a network ceaselessly, yahoo is here part that acted a precursor. After incorporating with Yahoo, we will bring more new experiences for the user, and these cannot be finished alone before us. ” Ao Ci is in statement respecting.
Go up century 80 time, ao Ci develops Lotus Notes of famous enterprise mail system, invented the function that much person works in coordination first. 1995, IBM opens up endowment 3.5 billion dollar bought Lotus Notes. Subsequently 1997, ao Ci established Groove Networks company, this company is bought by Microsoft when 2005, ao Ci entered Microsoft accordingly.
Proper ” confused “
The software of Groove can help an user share a file on the net, this made the main component that Microsoft commerce uses very quickly. Groove is bought before long hind, ao Ci was shown gradually in the position of Microsoft.
Thunder of · of Jeff of president of department of software of the 3rd character, business affairs overcomes Microsoft this (Jeff Raikes) discloses, actually Microsoft early is stared at went up Ao Ci, be in early when Lotus Notes appears, gates and Bao Er silent ever had wanted to want to bring about Ao Ci general.
On the investor telephone conference last year March Rex says: “They hope Ao Ci can enter administrative layer very much, as a result Ao Ci lets a company change really ‘ confused ‘ , what I point to is he is in make we progress. What I point to is he is in make we progress..
January 2005, after be apart from 6 months that Groove is bought by Microsoft, compose of abstruse at present memorandum of a tall canal. Qualified compose memorandum, explain he has quite tall place in the company. In this memorandum, aoci suggests Microsoft serves Internet the way that develops as company future strongly.
Quick response
“We must maintain quick response to all things, and use the fastest time take out decision-making come. If have accident a bit, we can face huge risk. ” Ao Ci is written in this memorandum.
2006, ao Ci accepts the job with next software chief frameworks from inside the hand that build Ci, everybody gives applause to this, offerred huge affirmation to Ao Ci, the liability that Microsoft technology framework and product control also carried on in the meantime.
Last year in Feburary, ao Ci’s round to tall Cheng Ji analyst expresses, of Gu Ge rise abruptly invite Microsoft place hand not as good as. Begin to popularize free Internet to serve when Gu Ge for example when email and tool of online word processing, microsoft is at a loss a bit really.
Gu Ge, the Internet company that established this 1998 has the search engine with the most welcome whole world, through searching engine, gu Ge gained much advertisement income, not only such, this search tycoon has begun to get rate benefit through selling software.
Metabolic viewpoint
“Gu Ge’s success brought about viewpoint of a kind of metabolic undoubtedly, this kind of viewpoint affected Microsoft whole even industry. ” Ao Ci is right Gao Cheng respecting.
Company of other to Microsoft combination Internet resists idea early of Gu Ge appears in Ao Ci’s cerebra jointly. Last year in April, the free network memory that Ao Ci introduced to be offerred for programmer serves.
Yahoo and Microsoft provided the application that is based on Internet in great quantities for the user. Bigger user will be had after two tycoons are amalgamative group, this will make the edge tool that defeats Gu Ge.
“They need many user and advertisement advocate, so that pass these resource to gain more advertisement income, microsoft buys the meaning of Yahoo to depend on this. ” Allan respecting.
Last year, ao Ci ever was contacted with Facebook secret, the hope brings about his with the price of 240 million dollar general. Additional, ao Ci corresponds to also pay close attention to very much to the enterprise, nevertheless, in his memory, do good user communication and IT to will make the first job that Microsoft the last few years comes to. (Gu Hai)
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