Its long partnership with Microsoft notwithstanding, Intel does not seem to care what operating system netbooks use, provided they contain the firm's chips.

尽管与微软有着长期合作关系，但如果上网本采用英特尔芯片，英特尔好像就不在乎上网本采用何种操作系统。

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Two years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) stunned the world by forming a partnership with Novell (NOVL), a company specializing in the open-source Linux operating system that competes with Windows.

两年前，微软与专注于开源Linux操作系统的Novell建立了合作关系。 这一举措震惊了业界，因为Linux一直处于和Windows竞争的地位。

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Would they consider a similar partnership to help get Chrome OS - the cutdown operating system designed for lightweight computing - off the ground?Schmidt says: "We've talked about it.

那么，Google会考虑再次通过类似的合作方式，把专为轻量级计算设计的Chrome操作系统推向市场吗？

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