It needed a system that would allow additional PCs and printers to be added without having to reconfigure or shut down the network.

它需要这样一个系统，允许添加另外的PC和打印机而不必重新配置系统或者关闭网络。

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Take software, for instance. Microsoft's Windows operating system is used on 90% of PCs in China, but most copies are pirated.

比如在软件业，微软的视窗操作系统在中国使用率达到90%，但大多数都是盗版。

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Gates figured that many PC makers would copy IBM's open architecture, and make their own PCs; they'd need to license an operating system, too.

盖茨预见到很多PC制造商将模仿IBM的开放式架构，制造自己的个人电脑；他们同样会需要预装操作系统。

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The shift away from PCs also has posed a problem for Microsoft, whose Windows operating system powers most PCs but hasn't made much of a dent with other types of devices.

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Microsoft wants to replicate the success it has had with its Windows operating system for PCs with something similar on mobile devices.

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Then Windows came along and PCs standardized around that operating system.

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