（今年三月份Firefox 4發(fā)布時微軟IE團隊送去的慶祝蛋糕）

Microsoft breaks with tradition, no cake for Firefox 8
微軟打破傳統(tǒng)：Firefox 8收不到蛋糕了！

Microsoft has broken away from its traditional celebratory cake for Firefox releases.
微軟IE團隊今日打破傳統(tǒng)，表示不會再為火狐瀏覽器發(fā)布新版本送去蛋糕表示慶賀。謀智網(wǎng)絡(luò)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(wǎng)絡(luò)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(fā)布的Firefox 8版本開始，位于雷德蒙德的微軟總部決定不再“供應(yīng)”紙杯蛋糕了。微軟沒有為Firefox 8版本提供蛋糕。微軟的發(fā)言人表示：“我們自此不會再繼續(xù)這個傳統(tǒng)，因為實在是有太大殺傷力了，基本每六周我們就要提供好多紙杯蛋糕?！?/div>

（今年八月份Firefox 6發(fā)布時微軟IE團隊送去的慶祝蛋糕，尺寸變得這么?。?/span>

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(tǒng)始于2006年Firefox 2版本的正式發(fā)布，但是今年微軟有點吃不消了。微軟在謀智網(wǎng)絡(luò)三月份發(fā)布Firefox 4時送去了一個慶祝蛋糕，六月份發(fā)布Firefox 5時又送了一個小點的蛋糕。在八月份謀智發(fā)布Firefox 6的時候，微軟送去的是一個小紙杯蛋糕，傳統(tǒng)繼續(xù)。微軟最后送出的慶祝紙杯蛋糕是在九月份Firefox 7發(fā)布后。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(fā)工作。微軟公司在最近的專業(yè)開發(fā)者大會上揭開了IE10第三版平臺預(yù)覽版的神秘面紗，目前IE10第三版平臺預(yù)覽版只能在Windows 8運行。微軟曾在四月份確認公司暫無為Vista 或Windows XP用戶提供IE10瀏覽器的計劃。預(yù)計每8-12周微軟將推出一個測試版本。