Raw material for an essay on instant messaging might be transcripts of IM conversations or even the IM software itself.

一篇关于网路即时通讯的论文，原材料可以是即使通讯对话本身，或者是即时通讯软体本身。

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The availability of free services is expected to make it difficult for vendors selling proprietary IM software to gain much traction within corporations.

由于免费服务的存在，使得制造商想要依靠销售即时通信软件来从企业中获取利益变得越来越难。

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Were only at the beginning of what software can do, and im excited about the impact that Microsoft can have.

我们还处在软件所能的初级阶段，并且我对于微软能够拥有的影响感到激动。

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Only 30% of 200 firms surveyed recently bought corporate IM software, says Osterman Research.

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Other features of the new IM software show how the company is trying to make itself more ubiquitous in user's lives.

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Corporate versions of popular consumer IM software let employees send instant messages safely from behind company firewalls, handle archiving and screen for content.

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