In the summer of 2001, we decided to switch the gear from a backend technology provider to a front-end consumer-oriented search service.

在2001年夏，我们决定将设备从后端技术提供商转换为前端面向消费者的搜索服务。

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Composite applications are becoming the DE facto programming model in the industry both in it and consumer oriented applications.

组合应用正在成为业界(包括IT和以消费者为导向的应用)事实上的编程模型。

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A goal of the Web services and service oriented architecture (SOA) is to decouple as much as is possible the services provider with the service consumer.

Web服务和面向服务的体系架构(SOA)的一个目标就是尽可能地分离服务提供者和服务消费者。

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So in the summer of 2001, we decided to switch gear from a backend technology provider to a front-end consumer-oriented search service.

于是在2001年夏，公司决定从后台技术提供者,转变为直接面向消费者的搜索服务提供方。

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So I made the decision to switch gear and become a consumer-oriented search site.

所以我决定将公司转型,成为一家客户导向型的搜索网站。

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And with its business focus, LinkedIn is different in many ways from most of the consumer-oriented social web start-ups today.

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Still, the 2.7-inch Clear Photo LCD plus-powered touchscreen display, HDMI output, and relatively compact size (26% smaller than the HC1) may actually help this cam live up to Sony's hype and become the first consumer-oriented HD model to the gain a foothold in the coveted soccer mom demographic upon its April debut.

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Almost every ad and app out there, along with most of the business and consumer-oriented content on the Web, is going to be tracked and responsive to some entity's remote control.

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