It's true of Windows, it's true of the Sequel Databases from guys like Oracle, the Google guys were at it for a number of years before that thing really took off.

视窗“系统就是这样，甲骨文公司的关系数据库也是这样，谷歌公司的创立者花了很多年,才让一切走上正轨。

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After decades of relatively unspectacular growth, compared to the east Asian economies, India's economy suddenly took off three or four years ago, growing at 8% or more a year.

经历了几十年的相对高速发展后，与其他东亚经济体相比，印度经济三或四年前突然开始腾飞,以每年8%甚至超过%,8%的速度增长。

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