微軟公司主席比爾·蓋茨在北京微軟專業開發人員大會上的演講
名人演講稿
11December1997Beijing,China
Goodmorning.It”sagreatpleasuretobehere.Todayisamajormilestone[1]forMicrosoftasourfirstProfeionalDevelopersConferencehereinChina.ThekeypartnershiwebuildwithsoftwaredevelopersaroundtheworldarecentralnotonlytothesucceofWindowsbutalsotorealizethepoibilitythatPCtechnologyprovides.It”sthroughalicatioofeveryvarietythatbusineeswillbeusingthepersonalcomputerasthetooloftheInformationAge.
It”sratheramazinghowfastthisiovation[2]ismoving.Eventokeepthelikeofmyselfwhoaredeeplyinvolvedintheindustrytogoandseetheimprovementandeveryelementthataretakingplaceonayearlybasisisquitefantastic.Ofcourseoneofthedrivingfactorsofthisbusineistheexponentialincreaseinproceorperformance.Thereisnodoubtthatthemagicofchipcapabilityhasdeliveredthroughtheadvanceinmicroproceorallowsustothinkofalicationwhichneverwouldhavebeenpoiblebefore.
ThePCindustryisoneofthefewindustriesthatcandeliverlowerpriceequipmentatthesametimeasimprovingthecapabilities.ThestoragesystemsarenowdeliveringGigabyteofstorageasthestandardcapability.Over80millionofPCsarebeingsoldayear.Andtheservermarket,thehigherperformancemachinesthatthesePCsnetworkedwith,arethefastestgrowingpartofthisbusine.Theperformanceofthoseserversisincreasingnotonlybecausetheindividualproceorsarefaster,butalsobecauseweareusingmultiple-proceormachines,socalledSMPdesigandclusteringnodestogether.……
Greatchi,systemsdevelopers,partnerswhoareooring[3]thisevent,makingthisallpoible.Thereisanincredibleoortunityfordevelopers.Thealicatiothatarewrittentodaywillselltoanevenlargerbaseofmachinesoutinthemarket.Thereisalotthatwe”redoingtoincreasetheworkofgooddevelopers-makesuretheyunderstandwherethePCisgoingandhowtoolscanhelpthemnow,moreandmoremarketingtypeofactivitiesmakingsuretheygotinwiththecustomers.Thisissomethingthatwearegoingtoincreaseyearafteryear.
Theoverall[4]Dmeageisoneabouthelpingdevelopersseizethatoortunitybybringingtogetherthedifferentarchitectures,makingthingsau