"I think some people, including Walter, became much too fundamental about open source," Mr. Negroponte said.

尼葛洛庞帝则说，“我认为有些人，包括沃尔特，太过强调开放性源代码的重要性。”

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Inside the project, there have been people who, Mr. Negroponte said, came to regard the use of open-source software as one of the project's ends instead of its means.

尼葛洛庞帝先生说，在项目内部，已经有人开始把开放式资源软件的使用看作是该项目的一个目的而不是手段。

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