这样的过程在系统工程项目中是十分常见的，此时软件和硬件都必须并行开发，而且必须同步。

Such processes are common in systems engineering projects, where the software and hardware must be developed in parallel and it must be synchronized.

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成熟的IT系统存在于多种硬件和软件平台以及继续在每个特定的平台上开发业务软件是无法改变的事实。

IT is as fact of life that mature IT systems exist on multiple hardware and software platforms, and that business software continues to be developed on each unique platform.

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如果你设想苹果仅仅是另一个培养应用生态系统的硬件和软件开发商，那么这将毫无意思。

This would make no sense if your assumption is that Apple is just another hardware and software maker cultivating an applications ecosystem.

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