Every few years Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, issues a memo signalling an important shift for his company, and hence for the software industry as a whole. In 1995, one of his memos heralded the rise of the internet. In 2002, another memo drew attention to the growing importance of computer security. Now a barrage of memos signals the emergence of a new generation of web-based software, often called "Web 2.0". As in previous cases, what is new is not the idea itself, but the fact that Microsoft is taking it seriously.
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机译：微软董事长比尔·盖茨（Bill Gates）每隔几年就会发布一份备忘录，表示其公司，乃至整个软件行业都将发生重大变化。 1995年，他的一份备忘录预示了互联网的兴起。在2002年，另一份备忘录提请人们注意计算机安全性的重要性。现在，大量的备忘录表明了新一代基于Web的软件（通常称为“ Web 2.0”）的出现。与以前的情况一样，新内容不是想法本身，而是Microsoft认真对待的事实。
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