Measuring Our Work by Its Broad Impact-用广泛的影响力来衡量我们的工作

微软员工对于Dick Brass的反驳，就是口水战了。同样是翻译练习，原文地址http://blogs.technet.com/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/02/04/measuring-our-work-by-its-broad-impact.aspx

 

Measuring Our Work by Its Broad Impact

用广泛的影响力来衡量我们的工作

Posted by Frank X.Shaw

Corporate Vice President, Corporate Communications.

 

Former Microsoft employee Dick Brass has an op-ed in the NYT arguing that our better days are behind us, (“clumsy, uncompetitive innovator” . . . ouch!) and using examples from his tenure to make the point that the company can no longer compete or innovate. Obviously, we disagree. :) But his piece does represent a good opportunity to touch briefly on how we think about innovation.

      微软前雇员Dick Brass在其纽约时报的专栏里宣称我们的好日子已经过去（“笨拙，毫无竞争力的创新者”......哎呦喂！）还举出他任职期间的例子来证明微软无力竞争和创新。很显然，我们不同意他的观点。:)但是他的文章创造了一个不错的机会让我们简短的谈谈对于创新的理解。

At the highest level, we think about innovation in relation to its ability to have a positive impact in the world. For Microsoft, it is not sufficient to simply have a good idea, or a great idea, or even a cool idea. We measure our work by its broad impact.

      在最高的层次上，我们认为创新应该具备对世界产生积极影响的能力。对于微软而言，光有一个好足意，或者一个绝妙的想法，甚至是一个酷到家的点子，这些都还不够。我们用是否具备广泛的影响力来衡量我们的工作。

To make his point, Dick generally focused on ClearType, noting that this technology was “stifled” by existing business groups. For the record, ClearType now ships with every copy of Windows we make, and is installed on around a billion PCs around the world. This is a great example of innovation with impact: innovation at scale.

为了证明他的观点，Dick举了ClearType的例子，而这项技术并没有被开发部门封杀。在此郑重声明，ClearType随每一份Windows拷贝分发并且安装在全世界十亿台电脑上。这是一个说明创新应具备影响力的绝好例子。

Now, you could argue that this should have happened faster. And sometimes it does. But for a company whose products touch vast numbers of people, what matters is innovation at scale, not just innovation at speed. And in response to Dick’s comment about Tablets and Office, I’ll simply point to this product called OneNote that was essentially created for the Tablet and is a key part of Office today.

      现在，你会说这些应该做的更快。有时候的确如此。但是对于一个公司而言，它的产品面向数量广大的用户群体，关键的是创新的范围，而不仅仅是创新的速度。Dick的文章还提到了平板电脑和Office组件，作为回应，我简短的说一下，我们有一个叫OneNote的产品专门用于平板电脑，现在这已经是Office组件的一个关键部分。

Another point worth addressing is Dick’s assertion that Xbox is “at best an equal contender in the game console business.” Fact is, Xbox 360 was the first high-definition console. It was the first to digitally deliver games, music, TV shows and movies in 1080p high definition. The first to bring Facebook and Twitter to the living room. And with Project Natal for Xbox 360 launching this year, it will be the first to deliver controller-free experiences that anyone can enjoy—a magical experience for everyone that Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Time magazine each named one of the top inventions of 2009.

      另一个值得注意的是Dick断言Xbox“仅仅只能与竞争对手打平”。事实上，Xbox 360是第一台支持高清的游戏机。是它第一个数字化方式分发游戏，音乐，电视节目和1080P高清电影。是它第一个把Facebook和Twitter带到人们的客厅里。随着今年Natal计划的启动，360将成为第一为玩家带来无需游戏控制器的游戏体验，任何人都能乐在其中。这将是一个魔幻般的体验，《大众科学》，《大众机械师》和《时代》杂志将其列为2009年十大发明之一。

And in a world of software plus services, the groundbreaking part of our game strategy is Xbox LIVE. Today, more than 23 million people around the world routinely connect to the service to play games, chat, listen to music, watch movies and much more.

 

      当满世界还是软件+服务的模式时，Xbox LIVE就成了我们游戏策略中最具开创性的部分。现在，全世界有超过2300万的用户在线上玩游戏，聊天，听音乐，看电影。

There is always the opportunity to do more, to move faster, to bring products and services to the world in new and interesting ways, and we embrace this. But thanks to the contribution of Dick and others on the ClearType team, ClearType certainly stands as an example of how it works well.

      总有机会做到更多，更快，把产品用更新，更有趣的方式带给世界，我们坚信这一点。还要感谢Dick和ClearType开发团队的贡献，ClearType当然是证明这一点的范例。