going back to our roots of

Chinese translation: 猜想

20:41 Mar 23, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / open source storage software
English term or phrase: going back to our roots of
The availability and accessibility of the source code is also a major advantage of open source storage software, especially for organisations that archive data for long periods of time.
Charles Wegryzn, is a developer for Retriever Technologies, which is working on an open source content management and digital archiving software. Wegryzn says it used to be fairly typical for users to buy software from IBM and IBM would include the source code inside.
"Then Microsoft came along and changed everything. With open source, we are going back to our roots of how computer software sales used to work."
clearwater
China
Local time: 22:44
Chinese translation:猜想
Explanation:
此段文字是说,微软出现以前,人们购买软件后就获得了源代码,但微软出现后就变了。现有了开源代码,又返回原来的做法了,即以前购买计算机软件的做法,不仅有软件,还有源代码。
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Lu Zou
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Local time: 00:44
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4 +1猜想
Lu Zou
3 +1返璞歸真
pkchan
4(开源让我们)重归以前软件销售的根本做法
Haiyang Ai (X)


  

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猜想


Explanation:
此段文字是说,微软出现以前,人们购买软件后就获得了源代码,但微软出现后就变了。现有了开源代码,又返回原来的做法了,即以前购买计算机软件的做法,不仅有软件,还有源代码。

Lu Zou
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谢谢!

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返璞歸真


Explanation:
返璞歸真

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(开源让我们)重归以前软件销售的根本做法


Explanation:
即买了软件,还能获取源代码,有了问题,可以修改代码进行解决,而不是苦等别人的“补丁”。



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