The Internet is a much larger playing field than PC operating systems.

互联网是一个比PC操作系统大得多的竞技场。

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In comparison, the number of failed attempts by Microsoft to extend its influence out of the narrow confines of PC operating systems and office software are legion.

在这个对比中，微软试图从操作系统这个狭窄的领域走出来，却失败了很多次。

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Operating systems and applications will no longer run only on the employee's PC but on a virtual machine in a data centre that can be accessed remotely, theoretically from any PC in the world.

操作系统和应用将不再只运行在员工的个人电脑上而是可以远程访问的数据中心的虚拟机上，理论上就可以用世界上任何一台个人电脑来访问。

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It's a little more involved on a PC but it's all free, the software you can download, and Linux in similar operating systems generally come with a compiler or you run a simple command to get it.

在PC机上有点复杂，但是它是免费的，你一般下载的软件，类似Linux的操作系统等等通常都需要,一个编译器，或者你可以运行一些简单的指令来获取。

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