谷歌計劃推出PC操作系統(tǒng)

The final element in Google's drive to reshape the computing landscape fell into place yesterday when it unveiled plans for a PC operating system that would compete directly with Microsoft's Windows.

在谷歌(Google)重塑計算機領(lǐng)域格局的努力中，最后一步棋昨日終于到位：該公司宣布，計劃推出一款個人電腦(PC)操作系統(tǒng)，與微軟(Microsoft)的Windows展開直接競爭。

But the fortress that Microsoft has built around Windows is likely to withstand this attack for some time to come, giving the software company room for manoeuvre as it tries to reshape its own technology around the internet, analysts said.

但分析師們表示，微軟圍繞Windows建立的堡壘，很可能在相當(dāng)長時間內(nèi)抵擋住谷歌的這種攻擊，使這家軟件公司在以互聯(lián)網(wǎng)為中心，重塑自身技術(shù)之際，獲得一定的回旋余地。

Google said a number of low-priced laptops known as netbooks, based on its new operating system, would go on sale in the second half of next year.

谷歌說，明年下半年起，一些價格低廉的“上網(wǎng)本”(netbook)電腦將采用其新的操作系統(tǒng)，面向市場銷售。

It predicted that the software would bring benefits to PC users from greatly cutting the time it takes for a machine to start up to reducing the complexity of managing personal computers.

谷歌預(yù)測，新操作系統(tǒng)將為PC用戶帶來各種優(yōu)勢，如大幅縮短啟動時間，以及降低管理電腦的復(fù)雜性。

Coming in the wake of its Android operating system for smartphones and Chrome browser for accessing the internet, Google's planned operating system, to be called Chrome OS, will complete the range of software that the company produces for internet-connected devices.

繼Android智能手機操作系統(tǒng)和Chrome互聯(lián)網(wǎng)瀏覽器之后，谷歌計劃推出的Chrome操作系統(tǒng)，將標志著該公司面向互聯(lián)網(wǎng)連接設(shè)備的軟件系列已經(jīng)齊全。

Google makes no money directly from open-source software like Chrome OS.

谷歌將不直接從Chrome操作系統(tǒng)這樣的開放源代碼軟件中賺錢。

The importance to the company of the software is that it serves as a platform that could eventually drive more users to its web services, feeding its dominant search advertising business. Users will not have to rely on Microsoft's dominant Windows.

這款軟件對該公司的重要性在于，它將作為一個平臺，最終可能為其web服務(wù)吸引更多用戶，支持其占主導(dǎo)地位的搜索廣告業(yè)務(wù)。用戶將不必依賴于占支配地位的微軟Windows操作系統(tǒng)。

The challenge to Microsoft is clear. Some 45 per cent of its $22.5bn of operating profits last year came from the Windows PC operating system, but the software's significance to Microsoft extends much further.

微軟面對的挑戰(zhàn)是顯而易見的。該公司去年225億美元運營利潤中，約有45%來自Windows PC操作系統(tǒng)，但這款軟件對微軟的意義遠不止于此。

Its second big money-spinner, the Office suite of applications, is tied to Windows.

微軟第二大盈利的產(chǎn)品Office應(yīng)用軟件系列，是依賴Windows平臺的。

As an open-source system based on freely available Linux software, Chrome OS takes aim at that.

作為基于免費Linux軟件的開放源代碼系統(tǒng)，Chrome操作系統(tǒng)正是瞄準這個靶子。

Given Windows's deeply entrenched position in computing, however, most analysts said that Google would find it hard to unseat the software group. “This isn't going to be something that is going to hurt Microsoft very quickly, it's going to take some time before it really makes a dent,” said Mike Silver, an analyst at Gartner.

但鑒于Windows在計算機領(lǐng)域根深蒂固的地位，多數(shù)分析家認為，谷歌要撼動微軟將非常吃力。“這不是那種會迅速對微軟造成傷害的東西，它需要一段時間，才能真正給微軟帶來一些不利影響，”Gartner的分析師邁克·希爾佛(Mike Silver)說。

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