微軟打破傳統：再也不給火狐送蛋糕了！
Microsoft has broken away from its traditional celebratory cake for Firefox releases.
微軟IE團隊今日打破傳統，表示不會再爲火狐瀏覽器發佈新版本送去蛋糕表示慶賀。謀智網絡火狐瀏覽器是微軟IE的最大競爭對手。
The software giant has a habit of sending cakes to Mozilla after the foundation ships an update to its Firefox browser. Mozilla’s recent Firefox 8 release has stemmed the flow of cupcakes from Redmond. Microsoft didn’t ship a cupcake to Mozilla for its Firefox 8 release. “We didn’t do it since we thought it was getting to be overkill,” said a Microsoft spokesperson. “Every six weeks is a lot of cupcakes”, they added.
軟件巨頭微軟有個不成文的習俗，每當謀智網絡將火狐瀏覽器更新到新版本時，都會送去蛋糕表示祝賀。不過從最新發布的Firefox 8版本開始，位於雷德蒙德的微軟總部決定不再“供應”紙杯蛋糕了。微軟沒有爲Firefox 8版本提供蛋糕。微軟的發言人表示：“我們自此不會再繼續這個傳統，因爲實在是有太大殺傷力了，基本每六週我們就要提供好多紙杯蛋糕。”
Microsoft originally shipped a big congratulatory cake to Mozilla in March for shipping Firefox 4. Microsoft then shipped a smaller cupcake to Mozilla in June after the company shipped Firefox 5. Microsoft’s tradition of cupcakes also saw the company ship Mozilla a small cupcake in August when Firefox 6 launched. Microsoft’s final cupcake was sent to Mozilla in late September after the company shipped Firefox 7. The cupcakes were a clear reference to Mozilla’s smaller and rapid work on the Firefox browser software.
這個傳統始於2006年Firefox 2版本的正式發佈，但是今年微軟有點吃不消了。微軟在謀智網絡三月份發佈Firefox 4時送去了一個慶祝蛋糕，六月份發佈Firefox 5時又送了一個小點的蛋糕。在八月份謀智發佈Firefox 6的時候，微軟送去的是一個小紙杯蛋糕，傳統繼續。微軟最後送出的慶祝紙杯蛋糕是在九月份Firefox 7發佈後。蛋糕大小和送出的時間可以清晰地表明謀智團隊在火狐瀏覽器的快速工作效率。
Microsoft is currently readying its Internet Explorer 10 browser. The company unveiled a platform preview 3 version of IE10 at its BUILD conference recently. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 platform preview 3 build is only available inside Windows 8, for now. Microsoft confirmed in April that it has no plans to offer IE10 to Vista or Windows XP users. Future platform previews of Internet Explorer 10 will be made available every 8-12 weeks.
微軟目前正在進行IE10瀏覽器的研發工作。微軟公司在最近的專業開發者大會上揭開了IE10第三版平臺預覽版的神祕面紗，目前IE10第三版平臺預覽版只能在Windows 8運行。微軟曾在四月份確認公司暫無爲Vista 或Windows XP用戶提供IE10瀏覽器的計劃。預計每8-12周微軟將推出一個測試版本。
