国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
For the first time ever, an internet entry wins Bob Levey’s Washington Post neologismcontest. Contestants are charged with creating a new word to describe a negative reaction to Washington. Scott Burroughs’ suggestion, “sqwashington,” arrived just eleven minutes before an identical entry. Visit Bob Levy’s official website.
1998
The website of The Jerusalem Post is hacked.
2000
The Intel Corporation announces a plan to offer a personal computer and Internet access for free to all of its seventy thousand full-time and part-time employees as early as July 2000.
2001
Express.com files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Jesus Oquendo, age 27, of Queens, New York is convicted and sentenced in Manhattan federal court to a twenty-seven month prison sentence on charges of computer hacking into the system of Five Partners Asset Management LLC, a venture capital company based in Manhattan, under the alias of “Sil”. Oquendo left a tauntingmessage on the company’s network, “Hello, I have just hacked into your system. Have a nice day.”
Yahoo, Inc. warns that it expects its 2001 earnings to drop even further, below its recently reduced estimates. It is also announced that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Koogle will step down from his position.
University of Arizona student Parvin Dhaliwal becomes the first person is the United States to be convicted under state laws for illegally downloading music and movies from the Internet when he pleads guilty to possession of “counterfeit marks,” or unauthorized copies of intellectual property. The charges were filed after the FBI found more than US$50 million worth of music and movies on Dhaliwal’s computer, which he was allegedly selling. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Dhaliwal will receive a three-month deferred jail sentence, three years of probation, 200 hours of community service, and a US$5,400 fine. The judge will further order him to take a copyright class at the university he attends and to avoid the use of filesharing applications. Prior cases involving the prosecution of filesharing have all been handled at the federal level, however, Federal investigators referred this case to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for prosecution because Dhaliwal was a minor (age 17) at the time of the offense. Handling the case at the state level allowed prosecutors to defer his sentence.
The Marvel comic Captain America number 25 hits shelves. In it, Captain America dies after being shot by a sniper twice, once through the shoulder and once in the stomach as he leaves a Federal Courthouse in New York City. Captain America first appeared in print in 1941, and he was actively featured in comics sold in seventy-five countries for nearly sixty years.
大事详解编辑本段回目录
Tim Koogle黯然离去
2001年3月7日Yahoo宣布公司的CEO Tim Koogle即将离任。与此同时，公司还宣布了第一季度的收入将在4月11日被公布，这个数目很有可能在1.7到1.8亿美元，会比前一个季度的2.32亿美元要下降27% 。
Yahoo公司决定用Spencer Stuart & Associates在外界进行一个调查，寻找一个能够代替Koogle的合适人选。Koogle是一个赛车和吉他的狂热者，他将在公司董事长的位置上继续领导这艘“网络航母”破浪前进。
分析家们说，要找到能够代替这位49岁的CEO的合适人选是一件困难的事情。他性格沉稳、独具慧眼，但从不自夸有伯乐之才，这一切使得他在硅谷与其他的管理者们形成强烈的对比。
一位公正的分析家Derek Brown说，在Koogle离任以前，他把Yahoo从一个默默无闻、收入菲薄的小公司变成了一个全球闻名的大企业，去年还创造出了年收入超过10亿美元的惊人业绩。为了公司能有今日的辉煌，他本人做了大量的工作。他总是很有思想，总是把目光放得很长远，使Yahoo公司也具有超前的灵感，勇往直前。
Koogle 于1973年毕业于Virginia大学，拿到了机械工程的学士学位。1975年和1977年在Stanford大学又拿到了硕士学位和博士学位。在此期间，他通过为其他的同学修理汽车来交付学费。1983年他来到Chicago的Motorola公司，1992年成为了InterMec的董事长。1995年8月Koogle 加入了Yahoo公司，并成为硅谷新生代管理者中的一员。他的目标就是使Yahoo公司向网络方面发展，并坚持依靠收入以免费战略来吸引观众。Koogle 的想法在当时是比较激进的，一度在公司里引起了很大的争议。但在以后的实践中，他的设想得到了华尔街的认可，并使Yahoo成为世界上著名的大品牌之一。Koogle也因此而成为1999年的“年度25为杰出管理者”之一。
但是，事情没有一帆风顺的时候。Koogle同样的也遇到了坎坷，他一贯平静的个性和沉稳的风格在最近几个月来经受着考验。随着业内市场的萧条、股市的动荡，Yahoo公司也受到打击，因此Koogle的日子也难过起来，遭到了很多的非议和批评。一位分析家说，这并不是Koogle一个人的过错，但是他决定从CEO的位置上走下来不失为明智之举。公司可能经过人员的变动会有所改变，就像五年前发生的事情一样会给公司再次带来一次新的生机。
