2月21日消息,据国外媒体报道,微软董事会主席比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates)周二表示,雅虎之所以价值400亿美元以上,并不是因为丰富的产品线、庞大的广告<nobr><strong class="kgb" onmouseover='isShowAds = true;isShowAds2 = true;KeyGate_ads.Move(this,"","","-100839","客户","%u4E92%u8054%u7F51%u9879%u76EE%u7684%u7814%u53D1%u7BA1%u7406","http%3A//www.sd2china.cn/track1.html", event)' style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; CURSOR: hand; COLOR: #0000ff; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" onclick='javascript:window.open("http://s4.17luntan.com/ClickPortal/WebClick.aspx?id=-100839&k=%u5BA2%u6237&siteid=0098295a-e262-40f7-ae50-7a6fbbdb678b&url=http%3A//news.csdn.net/n/20080221/113725.html&gourl=http%3A//www.sd2china.cn/track1.html&parm=E85275BA4BA78593C58E046437C33C66FC671B2033FE341D&alliedsiteid=0");' onmouseout="isShowAds = false;isShowAds2 = false">客户</strong></nobr>群体、或者市场份额,而是因为优秀的<nobr><strong class="kgb" onmouseover='isShowAds = false;isShowAds2 = false;isShowGg = true;InTextAds_GgLayer="_u5DE5_u7A0B_u5E08";KeyGate_ads.ShowGgAds(this,"_u5DE5_u7A0B_u5E08",event)' style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; CURSOR: hand; COLOR: #0000ff; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" onclick='javascript:window.open("http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BRf0l_Um9R_eHKoGe7APijOjiB-GN-i-9jNbABMCNtwHgtg0QBBgEIK2F0A0oFDgAUO_735T4_____wFgnenVgbgFoAHHm439A6oBCjIwMDAwMzYxMjeyAQ1uZXdzLmNzZG4ubmV0yAEB2gEraHR0cDovL25ld3MuY3Nkbi5uZXQvbi8yMDA4MDIyMS8xMTM3MjUuaHRtbIACAakCPv0TiV_Hgj6oAwHoA_YC6AMZ6AMF9QMABAAA&num=4&adurl=http://www.hzbenet.com&client=ca-pub-5186439242807756");GgKwClickStat("工程师","www.hzbenet.com","afc","2000036127");' onmouseout='isShowGg = false;InTextAds_GgLayer="_u5DE5_u7A0B_u5E08"'>工程师</strong></nobr>团队。微软目前正致力于在网络搜索和广告市场追赶<nobr><strong class="kgb" onmouseover='isShowAds = false;isShowAds2 = false;isShowGg = true;InTextAds_GgLayer="_u8C37_u6B4C";KeyGate_ads.ShowGgAds(this,"_u8C37_u6B4C",event)' style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; CURSOR: hand; COLOR: #0000ff; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" onclick='javascript:window.open("http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BetKl_Um9R_eHKoGe7APijOjiB5aSryKGoLXcBMCNtwGgnAEQARgBIK2F0A0oFDgAUNPYv-cGYJ3p1YG4BaAB1J7H_gOqAQoyMDAwMDM2MTI3sgENbmV3cy5jc2RuLm5ldMgBAdoBK2h0dHA6Ly9uZXdzLmNzZG4ubmV0L24vMjAwODAyMjEvMTEzNzI1Lmh0bWyoAwHoA_YC6AMZ6AMF9QMABAAA&num=1&adurl=https://adwords.google.com/select/Login%3Fhl%3Dzh_CN%26sourceid%3Dawo%26subid%3Dcn-zh_cn-ha-aw%26utm_medium%3Dcpc%26utm_term%3D%25E8%25B0%25B7%25E6%25AD%258C%25E6%258E%2592%25E5%2590%258D&client=ca-pub-5186439242807756");GgKwClickStat("谷歌","http://adwords.google.cn","afc","2000036127");' onmouseout='isShowGg = false;InTextAds_GgLayer="_u8C37_u6B4C"'>谷歌</strong></nobr>,因此对雅虎的技术团队可谓求贤若渴。
盖茨在接受国外媒体采访时表示,为广告客户打造工具、开发移动和视频产品、改进核心搜索算法、以及建设云计算基础设施都需要大量人力资源。他说:“要完成这些工作,肯定需要大量的<nobr><strong class="kgb" onmouseover='isShowAds = false;isShowAds2 = false;isShowGg = true;InTextAds_GgLayer="_u8BA1_u7B97_u673A_u4E13_u4E1A";KeyGate_ads.ShowGgAds(this,"_u8BA1_u7B97_u673A_u4E13_u4E1A",event)' style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; CURSOR: hand; COLOR: #0000ff; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" onclick='javascript:window.open("http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=BiN-E_Um9R_eHKoGe7APijOjiB9Xop0Xt_JLUBcCNtwHw5hcQCBgIIK2F0A0oFDgAULX4raQGYJ3p1YG4BaoBCjIwMDAwMzYxMjeyAQ1uZXdzLmNzZG4ubmV0yAEB2gEraHR0cDovL25ld3MuY3Nkbi5uZXQvbi8yMDA4MDIyMS8xMTM3MjUuaHRtbIACAakCPv0TiV_Hgj7IAo2NpwSoAwHoA_YC6AMZ6AMF9QMABAAA&num=8&adurl=http://www.milkyway.sh.cn/tearads/20031018/002.asp&client=ca-pub-5186439242807756");GgKwClickStat("计算机专业","www.milkyway.sh.cn/","afc","2000036127");' onmouseout='isShowGg = false;InTextAds_GgLayer="_u8BA1_u7B97_u673A_u4E13_u4E1A"'>计算机专业</strong></nobr>人士。如果工程师的数量达到一定的规模,就可以加快工作的进度。庞大的广告客户和终端用户群体固然很好,但我们更为重视雅虎的员工和工程师。”
当然,这也使微软收购雅虎交易变得危机四伏。最坏的一种结果是,微软成功收购雅虎,但后者的顶级人才全部转投其它公司。盖茨认为,微软与雅虎之间的文化差异并不是问题。他说:“雅虎需要具有突破性的<nobr><strong class="kgb" onmouseover='isShowAds = true;isShowAds2 = true;KeyGate_ads.Move(this,"","%u968F%u65F6%u5173%u6CE8%u8F6F%u4EF6%u884C%u4E1A%u53D1%u5C55","-100832","软件","%u968F%u65F6%u5173%u6CE8%u8F6F%u4EF6%u884C%u4E1A%u53D1%u5C55","http%3A//www.sd2china.cn/default.html", event)' style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; CURSOR: hand; COLOR: #0000ff; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; TEXT-DECORATION: underline" onclick='javascript:window.open("http://s4.17luntan.com/ClickPortal/WebClick.aspx?id=-100832&k=%u8F6F%u4EF6&siteid=0098295a-e262-40f7-ae50-7a6fbbdb678b&url=http%3A//news.csdn.net/n/20080221/113725.html&gourl=http%3A//www.sd2china.cn/default.html&parm=E85275BA4BA78593C58E046437C33C66FC671B2033FE341D&alliedsiteid=0");' onmouseout="isShowAds = false;isShowAds2 = false">软件</strong></nobr>,雅虎工程师希望能更高效地与谷歌或其它公司竞争,因此我并不认为微软同雅虎之间存在真正的文化差异。”
盖茨同时表示,如果雅虎继续实施前任CEO特里·塞梅尔(Terry Semel)制定的战略,其吸引力可能会小一些。他说:“如果雅虎朝着媒体公司的方向发展,不重视软件创新,那么微软同雅虎之间可能不会有交集。雅虎联合创始人杨致远重新出山就任CEO后,重新调整了公司的发展方向,让很多优秀的工程师有了用武之地,这样的做法值得赞扬。这也是我们认为合并后的公司将更加强大的主要原因。”
此前有媒体援引盖茨的说法称,微软不会提高收购雅虎的报价。从周二的访谈来看,他对于收购雅虎势在必得。虽然他没有明确微软是否会发动代理权争夺战,但如果雅虎拒绝开展谈判,微软很有可能会采用这一方案。盖茨还表示,即使没有雅虎,微软也会在网络搜索和广告市场向谷歌发起挑战。当然,如果能成功收购雅虎,追赶谷歌的脚步将会提速。