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微軟示警：Google可能自己做硬體
中時 更新日期:"2010/06/02 02:30" 記者何英煒／台北報導

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面對Google即將於年底推出電腦平台作業系統Chrome OS，一腳踏進微軟的核心事業，微軟OEM全球副總裁史蒂夫．古傑海默（Steven Guggenheimer）昨（1）日毫不客氣的火力全開，左打蘋果、右批Google。他直指，Google有可能自己做硬體、也可能與其他人合作，但硬體業者（意指台灣OEM、ODM廠商）與Google究竟是合作夥伴、還是競爭對手，目前是未知數。

但微軟則是很明確，僅提供軟體，至於硬體，交由合作夥伴負責。他表示，微軟花了20年、並投資相當大的研發精力，才逐步建立起電腦產業生態鏈，其他業者很難在短時間內超越，微軟承諾未來仍將持續加碼投資在電腦產業生態系統。

史蒂夫．古傑海默昨日在台北國際電腦展（Computex）指出，微軟與蘋果、Google的商業模式有極大的不同。蘋果自己定義硬體、作業系統，還提供應用軟體服務，這個模式雖然賺錢、蘋果自己也做電腦，但到目前為止，市佔率還很小。

至於Google，目前沒有看到一套合作夥伴的商業模式，Google對於自己是否要做硬體產品這件事情，沒有明確和最終的決定，對於目前使用他們作業系統的硬體業者（指台灣OEM、ODM廠商）來說，雙方究竟是合作夥伴關係，還是會演變成競爭的態勢，目前尚不清楚。

他表示，市場上的競爭一直都有。2年前小筆電盛行時，起初也是以Linux作業系統為主，但後來證明99％的消費者都選擇微軟作業系統，原因就在於微軟Windows提供最好的使用者經驗。

史蒂夫．古傑海默此行，還將拜會台灣的OEM、ODM大老闆，像是廣達董事長林百里、仁寶總經理陳瑞聰及優派董事長朱家良等人。微軟在台北國際電腦展會場展示了100款以上的產品，涵蓋了Windows 平台的個人電腦、小筆電、筆電、平板電腦（Tablets）、多點觸控平板電腦（slates）、遊戲機台、數位機上盒、及伺服器等產品。

另一方面，非Wintel陣營的產品，也在展場相當吸晴。尤其是許多電腦OEM、ODM廠商推出內建Android作業系統的平板電腦及手機產品，此外，Google的小筆電作業系統Chrome OS即將於下半年登場，對於稱霸電腦平台多年的微軟來說，今年的確是備受考驗的一年。

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Google Ditches Microsoft's Windows Over Security Issues, Report Claims

Tom Spring, PC World

Jun 1, 2010 9:26 pm

Google Ditches Microsoft's Windows Citing Security Issues, Report Claims Google employees are slamming Microsoft's Windows operating system, claiming security vulnerabilities in the OS left the company open to Chinese hackers in January 2010, a new report says. According to the Financial Times, Google will ditch the internal use of Windows in exchange for alternative operating systems including the Mac OS, Linux, and Google's own forthcoming Chrome OS operating system.

The May 31 Financial Times article quotes only anonymous Google sources, identifying them as several of Google's 10,000 employees. FT reporters David Gelles and Richard Waters write: "Employees wanting to stay on Windows required clearance from 'quite senior levels', one employee said. 'Getting a new Windows machine now requires CIO approval,' said another employee."

Google officials have not tacitly denied the Windows ban on work computers, issuing the following statement to the Reuters news agency: "We're always working to improve the efficiency of our business, but we do not comment on specific operational matters."

The FT calls Google's anti-Windows policy "semi-formal" and said that some laptops of "new hires" were still being outfitted with Windows, but all internal desktop PCs for these employees would run non-Windows based operating systems.

Microsoft's dominant operating system Windows and its leading Web browser Internet Explorer have a reputation for being vulnerable to attacks. Security experts point out that Microsoft's market share dominance promises malware developers a significantly higher return on investment than the Mac OS platform, which owns 5 percent of the OS market. Other operating systems (including Mac OS) and Web browsers -- including Google's own Chrome Web browser -- have also suffered from security vulnerabilities.

Microsoft's Windows operating system and its Internet Explorer browser were cited by Google earlier this year as contributing to Chinese hackers successfully hacking a number of Google-owned PCs and Gmail accounts. Security researchers said hackers used the back-door Hydraq Trojan to break into Google owned PCs and accounts. In January, Google claimed a China-originated attack let malicious hackers steal Google intellectual property and partially break into the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

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Microsoft may be in no mood to celebrate
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Microsoft Corp. is marking the one-year anniversary of the release of its revamped Internet search engine known as Bing this week, though the software giant may be in no mood to party.

That's because the anniversary comes amid a spate of unsettling news for the software giant /quotes/comstock/15*!msft/quotes/nls/msft (MSFT 25.89, +0.09, +0.35%) , as well as a brutal selloff that sliced more than 15% from its market value during the month of May. That was a harsher beating than most tech stocks took, with the Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/comstock/10y!i:comp (COMP 2,222, -34.71, -1.54%) down less than 10% for the month.
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Still, progress has been made. According to data from comScore Inc., Microsoft's share of the search market has risen from 8% in May, 2009 -- pre-Bing -- to 11.8% in April of this year, the most recent data available.

Meanwhile Google's share has dipped slightly to 64.4%, and Yahoo's share has slipped to 17.7% from 19.6%, according to the comScore data.

Caris & Co. analyst Sandeep Aggarwal told clients in a research note published Tuesday that Bing deserves a grade of "A-" in its first year, for having achieved milestones "which appeared to be a far cry for Microsoft a few years ago."

In addition to gaining search market share on its own, Aggarwal noted, Microsoft is also now using the search engine to power results and advertising on Yahoo Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!yhoo/quotes/nls/yhoo (YHOO 15.02, -0.32, -2.09%) sites, in a revenue-sharing arrangement.

Bing's progress has failed to boost Microsoft's stature in the eyes of investors, however.
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Late last month, long-time rival Apple Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl (AAPL 260.83, +3.95, +1.54%) replaced Microsoft as the most valuable technology company, as measured by market capitalization. See full story.

Microsoft's shares fell more than 15% in May, to $25.80. The shares rose slightly on Tuesday, the first day of June trading, to $25.89. Apple shares dipped less than 5% in May, and closed Tuesday at $260.83.

While Bing anchors Microsoft's crucial foray into the Internet market, the company is faced with serious questions about the future of its flagship Windows operating system software, on both traditional and non-traditional computers.

Windows is reliable mainstay for Microsoft, having produced over $3 billion in profit for the company in the quarter ended in March.
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Last week, Microsoft announced the departures of President Robbie Bach, and vice president of design and development J Allard from the company's Entertainment and Devices Division, which includes its mobile business.

"We are set up well for success as we continue to drive our mobile and entertainment businesses forward," Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in a statement at that time.

The management shake-up was widely seen as the result of a need for a clean break, in a market increasingly dominated by Apple, Google Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog (GOOG 482.37, -3.26, -0.67%) and Research in Motion Ltd. /quotes/comstock/15*!rimm/quotes/nls/rimm (RIMM 59.03, -1.66, -2.74%)

Google's Android mobile operating system helped it increase its share of the smartphone market to 9.6% in the first quarter of this year, from 1.6% in the period a year earlier, while Microsoft's share dipped to 6.8% from 10.2%, according to data published recently by Gartner Inc.

While Google unveiled Android in late 2007, a Google operating system for traditional personal computers, called Chrome, is expected later this year.

Underlining the growing competition between Google and Microsoft on the operating system front, the Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, reported Tuesday that Google is internally shifting employees away from the use of Windows, and outfitting them with other technologies - primarily due to "security concerns."

A Google spokeswoman declined to comment on operational matters.

Microsoft spokesman Frank Shaw publicly derided the Financial Times report on his Twitter account, writing that the story's focus on security issues amounted to the "wrong premise." Instead, Shaw commented, the move is akin to "Google going google."

Google will also likely be a serious software rival to Microsoft in the market for slimmed-down, tablet devices made in the image of Apple's popular iPad.

Dell Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!dell/quotes/nls/dell (DELL 13.09, -0.24, -1.80%) , a longtime Microsoft partner, unveiled a tablet device last week based on Google's Android operating system. See related story.

Microsoft issued a statement on Tuesday, in conjunction with its participation at the Computex convention in Taiwan, which emphasized worldwide support for Windows on devices including tablets.

John Letzing is a MarketWatch reporter based in San Francisco.

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Microsoft to Google: You're Not Exactly Safe Yourself

Jeff Bertolucci, PC World

Jun 2, 2010 6:10 am

Microsoft to Google: You're Not Exactly Safe Yourself It looks like Microsoft isn't too pleased with Tuesday's rumors that Google will stop using Windows internally due to security vulnerabilities in the OS. Google reportedly will switch to more secure operating systems, including the Mac OS, Linux, and Google's upcoming Chrome OS, according to the Financial Times.

Microsoft's response: Our security is better than you think, and theirs' really isn't so great if you look closely enough.

A Tuesday post on The Windows Blog by Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc defends Redmond's honor in the ongoing security debate. He asserts that when it comes to thwarting malware, Microsoft has stepped up its once sorry game.

"When it comes to security, even hackers admit we're doing a better job making our products more secure than anyone else. And it's not just the hackers; third party influentials and industry leaders like Cisco tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others," LeBlanc writes.

Microsoft's more recent security improvements include: Frequent software updates via Windows Update and Microsoft Update, many of which are pushed to users automatically; BitLocker disc encryption improvements in Windows 7; and various security enhancements in Internet Explorer 8, including the SmartScreen filter to thwart malware and phishing attempts online.

Google, Apple Diss

LeBlanc also accuses Google of being a tad hypocritical about security. He links to a Mashable story from March that states that Yale University had delayed switching to Google's Gmail due to security concerns. "There is some irony here that is hard to overlook," he writes.

Apple gets the treatment too. LeBlanc points to an InfoWorld article that discusses how the Mac's growing popularity may make it (and other Apple devices) more appealing targets for hackers.

LeBlanc's points are valid, and certainly no operating system is 100-percent secure. And it's also possible that Google's alleged plan to dump Windows internally--a report that didn't originate from an official company mouthpiece--may be a sneaky PR stunt to trumpet the security strengths of Google's Windows competitors, Android and Chrome.

That said, Microsoft has no one to blame but itself for its bad security rap. Indeed, past versions of Windows and Internet Explorer were a hacker's dream. And even if Redmond has changed its security-deficient ways, its competitors are bound to exploit its malware-friendly image.

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icrosoft responds to Google's Windows moves
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Despite no official acknowledgement from Google that it's ditching Microsoft's Windows operating system, Microsoft felt compelled to respond Tuesday.

A report surfaced late Monday night that Google has started easing Windows PCs out of its internal network based on security concerns, related in part to the attacks on its infrastructure late last year. Google has so far declined to confirm that report, but Microsoft released a blog post Tuesday afternoon defending Windows security and pointing out that security concerns helped derail a Gmail deployment at Yale University.

"When it comes to security, even hackers admit we're doing a better job making our products more secure than anyone else. And it's not just the hackers; third party influentials [sic] and industry leaders like Cisco tell us regularly that our focus and investment continues to surpass others," Microsoft said in its blog post.

For some reason Microsoft declines to use Google's name directly in the post, preferring instead to discuss "whether or not one particular company is reducing its use of Windows." The two industry titans are far from best friends, battling each other on any number of fronts from operating system and office productivity software to search and mobile devices.

Microsoft also made sure to take a shot at old rival Apple, highlighting reports Tuesday that spyware targeting Mac OS X machines is being downloaded along with some free applications.

"Microsoft makes the security of our customers a huge priority," it said, going on to list a number of security features in Windows 7.

Nothing new or earth shattering.

I've been warning everyone to ditch windows since the early Delphi days in 1999.

Get a Mac. You won't look back.

Leongsam said:

Nothing new or earth shattering.

I've been warning everyone to ditch windows since the early Delphi days in 1999.

Get a Mac. You won't look back.

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Google will be the anchor for MS's death but Google will become the next MS itself.:(