OK, so I've been getting RC1-related questions a lot, both via blog comments and directly over email: Will Microsoft open testing sign-ups again when RC1 is released?
好，我已经得到很多与RC1有关问题，对于直接透过电子邮件和博客评论：公开测试开始时微软是否会再释放RC1的账号？
How Microsoft will take advantage of this, and what impact it will have on their existing carrier relationships, is one of the open questions around this deal.
微软将如何利用这优势，将对他们现存的运营商关系有什么影响，是围绕这次交易的公开问题之一。
So, although Microsoft went down in the "first round", the final outcome is yet still open.
所以，尽管微软第一轮失意，通往胜利的大门依然开着。
This offers patent protection for implementers against claims by Microsoft, allowing open source projects to use the specifications.
微软为实现者提供了专利保护方面的认可，允许开源项目使用这些规范。
Nevertheless, lobbying will be no easy feat as smaller open source companies will have to jockey for position against Microsoft during requests for proposals.
然而，游说绝非易事，因为在意见请求阶段，小型开源公司必须得设法达到和微软一样的地位。
Accessibility technology now headed for open-source applications was derived from work done by Microsoft.
开源应用程序头衔的易用性科技源自微软完成的工作。
Microsoft has announced that it will release the OOXML SDK despite the fact that ISO did not approve OOXML as an open standard last September.
尽管在去年九月，ISO没有批准将OOXML作为开放式标准，但微软还是宣布将发布ooxmlSDK。
And therefore I cannot understand why anybody would think that Microsoft is doing the open source community any favors.
因此我无法理解有人认为微软是在对开源做贡献。
Xming is an open source X Windows server for the Microsoft Windows environment.
Xming是一种用于MicrosoftWindows环境的开放源码X窗口服务器。
So I can write a document using Microsoft Word under Windows, open it using StarOffice in Linux, and read the text, but invariably the format is different from the original.
因此我可以在windows下用MicrosoftWord编写文档，在Linux 下用StarOffice 将它打开并阅读，但格式一定和初始时的不同。
The computers are powered by the Linux operating system, an "open source" alternative to Microsoft Windows that allows software programmers the freedom to create alternate desktops.
Linux操作系统为这种电脑提供了支持，除微软Windows操作系统外，用户还可以选择Linux操作系统，这种“开放源码”能够允许软件程序员自由设计预备桌面。
Though released as open source on CodePlex, these tools are fully supported by Microsoft support.
虽然在CodePlex上以开源的形式发布，但微软对这些工具提供了完全的支持。
You can open the downloaded CSV file using Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets, Microsoft Excel, or your favorite spreadsheet application and create charts based on the statistics data.
您可以使用LotusSymphonySpreadsheets、MicrosoftExcel或最喜欢的电子表格应用程序打开下载的CSV文件，并根据统计数据创建图表。
Microsoft ultimately included one feature, called InPrivate Filtering, but users must enable it every time they open the browser instead of having it activated by default.
微软在权衡之后采纳了其中一项功能，叫做InPrivate筛选，但是用户在每次打开浏览器之后需要手动激活，而不是自动激活。
Browser software wasn't the only front in the conflict between Microsoft and the open source community.
浏览器软件并不是Microsoft和开放源码社区冲突的唯一战场。
Spread Firefox became a rallying hub for open-source advocates and Microsoft dissenters.
Spreadfirefox成为了开源拥护者和微软反对者的聚集中心。
In the same spirit as other new Microsoft languages, the F# compiler and tools will open source under the Microsoft Public License.
与另外一个新微软语言的精神相同， F#编译器和工具将在微软公共许可协议（Microsoft Public License）下开源。
Microsoft and Oracle must chuckle every time an open source operating system company reports its paltry profits (or losses), knowing you don't get rich by giving software away.
微软和Oracle每次在看到开源操作系统的财务报告肯定要窃笑，就知道你们不会因为专心于做软件而变得富裕。
Speed matters, and getting top speeds on Windows may require using native Windows libraries, graciously offered by Microsoft back in 2004 as open source.
考量到速度的问题，要在Windows上得到最高速便需要用微软在2004年慷慨地开源提供的原生Windows程序库。
Google's open source Android operating system is not as free as it seems, Microsoft argues, because it infringes a number of patents.
Google的开源Android操作系统并不如看起来的那样免费，微软论述，因为它侵犯了一系列专利权。
It also runs OpenOffice, an open-source office suite that can handle Microsoft Word documents, and some multimedia applications.
它同时包括了OpenOffice，一款可以处理微软Word文档的开源办公套件，及一些多媒体程序。
There are few details available except that Microsoft promised to maintain compatibility with Apache Hadoop codebase and to contribute back to the open source project.
目前还没有太多的细节，只知道Microsoft承诺会保持与ApacheHadoop的兼容性，并且 将代码贡献给开源项目。
KnowledgeTree has also launched the first edition of a Microsoft Office add-in, increasing its ability to compete with Microsoft SharePoint and other open source alternatives.
KnowledgeTree也推出了微软办公套件的首个插件，以增强与微软SharePoint和其他开源文件管理软件的竞争能力。
Two years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) stunned the world by forming a partnership with Novell (NOVL), a company specializing in the open-source Linux operating system that competes with Windows.
两年前，微软与专注于开源Linux操作系统的Novell建立了合作关系。这一举措震惊了业界，因为Linux一直处于和Windows竞争的地位。
In 2007, Ballmer claimed that Linux and "other open source software" infringes upon 235 Microsoft patents, but refused to specify which ones.
早在2007年，鲍尔默就曾表示，Linux及“其他开源软件”侵犯了微软235项专利，但他拒绝说明到底是哪些个人和团体所为。
The two first ones are actively being developed at Microsoft as open source projects and are based on the two existing languages, Python and Ruby.
前面两个语言作为开源项目由微软积极推动，它们是基于两个现存语言Python和Ruby的。
Even a Microsoft Linux (as long as it complied with the GPL) would be good for the open source community.
甚至MicrosoftLinux(只要遵守gpl)对开源社区也是好事。
As a solution to this problem, Microsoft released a set of limited-configuration bindings on its open source CodePlex site.
微软在开源网站CodePlex上发布了一组简化的bindings来解决这个问题。
Today official Microsoft development tool options are Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend, but what about other options that are free or open source.
而如今的官方工具选择只限于VisualStudio 2008和ExpressionBlend，但也存在一些免费或开源的选择。
Today official Microsoft development tool options are Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend, but what about other options that are free or open source.
而如今的官方工具选择只限于VisualStudio 2008和ExpressionBlend，但也存在一些免费或开源的选择。
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