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Microsoft公司今天宣布,将把公司名称改为“Moft”,以节约用户的硬盘空间。据估计典型安装的Windows 95中大约有284万2千5百97个地方重复了“Microsoft”这个词,如版权提示、最终用户许可协议、“关于Windows 95”等。在改名过后,安装Windows 95的用户可以节约14MB硬盘。此消息发布之后,股票市场上的硬盘厂商股价略微下挫。 Moft公司总裁Bill Gates说:“此举的意义并不在于可以节省用户多少硬盘,而是可以把Windows 95装在13张盘上发运给用户,而不是以前的14
Microsoft today announced that it will change the company name to “Moft” to save users’ hard disk space. It is estimated that the word “Microsoft” is repeated in about 2,845,097 places in a typical installation of Windows 95, such as copyright notices, end-user license agreements, and “About Windows 95”. After renamed, users who install Windows 95 can save 14MB hard drive. After this news was released, the stock price of hard disk manufacturers on the stock market fell slightly. Bill Gates, President of Moft, said: "The significance of this move is not how many hard drives can be saved. Instead, Windows 95 can be shipped to customers on 13 disks instead of the previous 14