微軟10大幸運事件 eweek

1. 微軟同IBM達成非排他性MS-DOS許可協議

2. 複製機大戰

3. 微軟與美國司法部達成和解避開拆分災難

4. 微軟制定軟體擔保計劃

5. 微軟發布Windows 95

6. Novell收購WordPerfect

7. Lotus沒有及時搭上Windows快車

8. 楊致遠拒絕微軟提出的洽購請求

In February 2008, Microsoft made a $44.6 billion unsolicited bid for Yahoo. Microsoft courted hard, but then Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang hemmed and hawed, even after Microsoft upped its bid. The software giant offered a hefty premium of $31 a share and was ready to go to $33 when in May Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer retracted the offer. Steve should send Jerry flowers and chocolates every May Day. The deal later would have proved disastrous.

The September 2008 economic collapse sucked billions of dollars of value from the tech sector, among others. Microsoft would have paid even more than Yahoo was worth, accumulated at least $10 billon in debt and struggled through a massive integration project during a major software sales slowdown. Microsoft still wants a search deal with Yahoo, but getting stood up by Jerry was a big lucky break.

9. 喬布斯被迫離開蘋果

10. “紅色代碼”病毒現身互連網