Dubious patents were granted, helped in part by court rulings that allowed patents to stand on some software and "business methods" that many thought no one could lay claim to.

有争议的专利获得通过，这部分得益于法庭允许某些软件及“经营模式”获得专利，而这些人们普遍认为没有人会申请专利。

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In many cases, doing so involves re-writing the software on some level, which some companies find too cost-prohibitive.

在许多情况下，这需要在某种程度上重新编写软件，一些公司觉得这么做成本太高。

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Although it may be ahead of proprietary software on some fronts, open-source software lags behind in many areas too, Mr Shuttleworth admits.

Shuttleworth先生承认，虽然在某些研究领域开源软件可能领先于私有软件，但是也在许多方面都落后于私有软件。

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Image quality, the meat and potatoes of camera work, is usually high on the Sensation, though some software irregularities do undermine the evident strength of the hardware on board.

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Some restraint on the software giant's remorseless extension of its Windows monopoly was necessary.

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By contrast, Amazon's digital book business is largely focused on its Kindle e-reader and Kindle software that runs on some other hardware.

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