Fred Jame
A thinker, reader, writer, blogger, translator, scuba diver, motorcyclist, book collector, non-smoker but a pipe/cigar aficionado living in Taipei, Taiwan.
Blogging in Chinese and English, plus a Smörgåsbord.
傅瑞德
想者、讀者、作者、部落客、譯者、潛水人、機車旅行者、愛書人、住台北士林區；不抽煙，但抽雪茄和煙斗。
This is a Microsoft retail store, it's nothing bad by itself; but if you've seen the thing it's imitating, it's lika an Apple store goes wrong. :P
這是一家微軟開的專賣店。本身沒有什麼問題，就是搞搞活動；不過如果您看過它所模仿的對象，就會以為是某家蘋果專賣店整個搞糟了。
In case you don't know what I meant "the thing it's imitating", see this:
如果您不知道它的「模仿對象」是什麼，請看這段：
But you really need to be there to feel the force.
不過，那種感覺要真的去過才會體驗得到。
Google公司企業事業部總裁Dave Girouard宣稱，一年後，大多數企業就可以選擇「拋棄(微軟)Office」。
……他不諱言，目前的Docs還不像Google Mail或Calendar那麼成熟。「我們明白。我們還不會要求人們拋棄Microsoft Office、改用Google Docs，因為它還不夠成熟。」
不過，Girouard表示一年後情況將改觀，屆時Google會推出「30到50」次的Docs更新，以強化這個辦公室用的軟體服務(software-as-a-service，SaaS)。他表示，這些更新將包括改良的功能與增強的效能。
我不覺得有這麼簡單啦。人們要「拋棄」Office，得先有勇氣和能耐拋棄Windows、.doc格式、以及整套的Windows使用觀念和習慣。拋棄Office也好、甚至拋棄Windows也好，在Google Docs之類的跨平台服務逐漸成熟之後也許會發生，但至少應該不會是一年後的事情。
In a year, most enterprises will have the choice to "get rid of [Microsoft] Office if they chose to", suggests Dave Girouard, president of Google's enterprise division.
I don't think it would be that easy. People may need the courage and motivation to move away from the whole mindset of Windows, doc format and the (re-installation) workflow before they can really ditch Office. As online SaaS like Google Docs becomes more sophisticated, people may consider solutions other than Office or Windows, but it won't happen in a year.
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