无独有偶，2001年世界信息科技危机爆发，亚洲经济陷入衰退的时候，许多人对亚洲经济前景持极度悲观的态度。

Likewise, when the global information technology bust dragged Asia into recession in 2001, forecasters turned out to be much too gloomy about Asia’s prospects.

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然后是衰退打击了科技支出，引发微软年收入首度下降，并首次进行了大规模的裁员。

Then the recession crushed spending on technology and triggered Microsoft's first ever decline in annual revenue and its first big layoffs.

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不过，我们我们并不认为会看到发生在2001年至2002年科技衰退期的技术采购下降率达到15%-20%的情况出现。

Still, we do not expect to see the 15% to 20% declines in tech purchases that happened in the 2001 to 2002 tech downturn.

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