BBC: 谷歌撤, 股东能把决策者告上法庭

谷歌撤, 股东能把决策者告上法庭




谷歌风波吹袭商界 反应各异

谷歌扬言撤出中国,业界反应不一

网络搜索公司谷歌威胁要离开中国，并表示对在中国遭遇到黑客攻击不满。中国则重申了要坚持网络监管的政策。谷歌公司同中国当局的争端在网络同行和整个商界都引起巨大反响。

一般而言，国内网络信息处理和搜索公司当然对中国的控制不满，甚至会同情谷歌公司的立场。但是从行业竞争角度看，兔死狐悲，唇亡齿寒之类的表示并不多。

褒贬不一


最大的电子商务公司阿里巴巴的创办人马云在评论谷歌撤退打算的时候说，一家公司在任何国家经营不同业务，都一定会遇到困难。他认为，离开容易，但放弃才是最大的失败。似乎国内同行都接受了中国受管制的环境，并谋求在许可空间下发展。

公司以营利为目的，服务客户是营利手段。就网络搜索引擎市场来说，能在中国提供的产品就是受控制和监管的信息。中国公司会认为，谷歌来中国，就要入乡随俗。像肯德基，必胜客在中国的发展一样，他们也得改变菜单，适应中国人的口味。哪个公司都没强大到在中国能像西部牛仔那样随心所欲。

谷歌在中国的主要竞争对手百度的一名高管评论说，谷歌的撤退姿态并没能说明他们是“人权斗士”，恰恰说明了他们唯利是图的本质。他认为谷歌撤退的商业原因是明摆着的，做政治姿态是侮辱中国公民的智力。如果谷歌在中国搜索引擎市场中占80%的份额，他们还会撤吗？

美国著名商业评论员Sara Lacey也说，如果谷歌在中国生意顺风顺水，谷歌要撤，谷歌的股东不仅要说“不”，而且还会把决策者告上法庭。去年10月谷歌中国前总裁李开复说，谷歌在中国PK不过百度是他离开的原因之一。

不过，数据显示，2009年第四季度，中国搜索引擎市场份额中，谷歌上升到了35.6%.

雅虎和谷歌

谷歌遭受网络黑客攻击的指称毫无疑问会加深在华投资的外国公司已有的顾虑，也就是保护知识产权的问题。另外就是这次争执，加上以前发生的商业争端，比如力拓间谍案，还突出了中国法规透明和司法独立的问题。许多新媒体和网络公司在决定是否进入中国市场的时候会更加谨慎。

不过有分析说，这会进一步加强市场对网络安全公司的需求，这类搞网络安全的公司可能会成为谷歌-中国风波的受益者，比如McAfee, Symantec等。

美国商业评论员Sara Lacey认为，谷歌撤退中国可能仅仅是个开始，好戏还在后头。她认为中国网络游戏开发商盛大游戏收购美国在线游戏网络不是偶然的孤立事件。今后的大方向恐怕主要是财大气粗的中国公司出去收购美国那边有潜力的公司，而非美国公司进入中国。

在中国的“天使投资人”比尔·比绍夫指出，雅虎很少能比谷歌更高明，但在中国却比谷歌棋高一着。分析认为，雅虎在中国比谷歌做得强很多。几年前雅虎就明白了在中国不能按旧章程办事的道理，所以在撤出中国后，又回头买入阿里巴巴40%的股份，搭中国本土公司的顺风车，重新进入中国市场。








谷歌和美国政府有没有千丝万缕的关系？或者更进一步说，谷歌背后有没有政府靠山？有网友像侦探柯南一样进行推理：“Google收购过一家叫Keyhole的公司，那是一家最初由中央情报局投资的间谍卫星图片公司，Google的城府深吧，把CIA都给吞并了。Google的董事会上有两位董事，一位来自红杉，另一个来自KPCB，红杉和KPCB是两家名气震耳欲聋的VC，也是有来头有背景的，这两家VC各有一位同姓的合伙人，一位叫Floyd Kvamme，另一位叫MarkKvamme，无巧不成书，他俩是父子，老爸Floyd是布什总统科学技术委员会联席主席，儿子Mark是国防部长拉姆是菲尔德的座上客，红杉的好几家公司都是美国国防部的供应商……嘿嘿，这里头的想象空间可就大了哇，别说柯南同学扯远了，911事件改变了人们对世界的看法：一切皆有可能！”


Keyhole, Inc
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Keyhole, Inc Fate Acquired
Successor Google
Founded 2001
Defunct 2004
Headquarters Mountain View, California, United States
Key people John Hanke, CEO
Keyhole, Inc, founded in 2001, was a pioneering software development company specializing in geospatial data visualization applications and was acquired by Google in 2004. Initially launched as a spin-off of Intrinsic Graphics, first round funding came from a Sony venture capital fund and others, additional capital came from an NVIDIA bundling deal, from the CIA (via its venture-capital appendage, In-Q-Tel) and from angel investor Brian McClendon (who later came on as a board member and VP). Keyhole\'s marquee application suite, Earth Viewer, emerged as the highly successful Google Earth application in 2005; other aspects of core technology survive in Google Maps, Google Mobile and the Keyhole Markup Language.

The name Keyhole is also a homage to the KH reconnaissance satellites, the original eye-in-the-sky military reconnaissance system now some 30 years old.

Contents [hide]
1 Notable personnel
2 Major product lines
3 Notable customers
4 References
5 External links


[edit] Notable personnel
Near the time of its acquisition by Google, Keyhole\'s management team included the following people:

John Hanke, CEO – previously worked in foreign affairs in Washington DC, Myanmar & Indonesia.
Brian McClendon, VP Engineering – previously with @Home, SGI.
Daniel Lederman, Director of Business Development – previously with Aerzone, Inc.
Bill Kilday, Director of Marketing – previously at Weelhouse Interactive, Cox Interactive.
Noah Doyle, Strategic Marketing – cofounded MyPoints, a startup acquired by United Online.
Andria Ruben, Director of Government Affairs – previously at Intrinsic Graphics, GigaPixel, CompCore.
The board also included:

Thomas Gewecke, Sony.
Michael T. Jones, CTO, Intrinsic Graphics.
[edit] Major product lines
At the time of its being rolled into Google Earth, Keyhole 2 consisted of 3 major branches: LT, NV, and Pro.
They also had EarthStream, a product for car navigation.
Keyhole got a big boost during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, when CNN, ABC, CBS & other major news networks used sophisticated 3D flyby imagery from its EarthViewer product line, to the delight of viewers and investors alike. One of the problems (Keyhole) faced as a small company was getting exposure, said NVIDIA\'s Dan Vivoli. This will certainly help.[1]

[edit] Notable customers
Keyhole boasted an active customer base in several sectors, including real estate, media, urban planning, state and federal governments, defense, homeland security, and intel, but at the time of its acquisition its only named customers were US Army CECOM, the United States Department of Defense, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and the Middlesex County Sheriff\'s Office. Presumably these entities are now customers of Google, as well.

[edit] References
^ Kevin Manney (2003-03-21). Tiny tech company awes viewers. USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2003-03-20-earthviewer_x.htm.
[edit] External links
http://web.archive.org/*/keyhole.com - keyhole.com at the Wayback Machine



John Hanke is a founder and was the CEO of Keyhole, Inc., which was acquired by Google in 2004 and whose flagship product was renamed to Google Earth. Hanke is currently the vice president of Product Management for Google Earth & Google Maps.

Hanke received his bachelor\'s degree (Plan II Honors) from the University of Texas, Austin and his MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley in 1996. Prior to business school, he worked in foreign affairs, according to his bio, for an unspecified branch of the US Government in Washington, DC, and Myanmar. Upon Graduation, he subsequently helped start two successful entertainment software companies, Archetype Interactive and Big Network.


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