创业成功人士访谈录 第39期:拉里埃里森(4)

 　　Yes, definitely. We believe the best user experience is when all the pieces in the system are engineered to work together.

　　是的，绝对会。我们认为最好的用户体验是当所有的要素在系统里被设计成共同工作的时候。

　　Disk storage and tape backup are critical components¹ in high performance, high-reliability, high-security database systems.

　　磁盘存储和磁带备份是数据库系统高性能、高可靠性、高安全性的关键组件。

　　So, we plan to design and deliver those pieces too.

　　所以，我们计划设计和提供这些东西。

　　Clearly many Sun customers choose disk and tape systems from other vendors².

　　显然，许多Sun的客户选择其他厂商的磁盘和磁带系统。

　　That’s what open systems are all about: providing customers with a choice.

　　这就是开放系统：为客户提供—种选择。

　　But Oracle³ expects to continue competing in both the disk and tape storage businesses after we buy Sun.

　　但是，甲骨文公司收购Sun 后，预计将继续同时竞争磁盘和磁带存储业务。

　　Is Exadata moving to Sun SPARC Solaris?

　　Exadata是否会被移到Sun公司 的 SPARC Solaris 里呢？

　　Exadata is built by HP using Intel microprocessors⁴. We have no plans for a SPARC Solaris version of Exadata.

　　Exadata是由惠普在英特尔 微处理器上构建的。我们没有SPARC Solaris版本的Exadata计划。

　　We have an excellent relationship with HP that we expect to continue.

　　我们和惠普有着良好的关系，并将继续下去。

　　The Exadata database machine delivers record setting database performance at a lower cost than conventional hardware.

　　那个Exadata数据库装置比传统的硬件装置以更低的成本提供了创纪录的数据库性能。

　　Customers love the machine. It is the most successful product introduction in Oracle’s 30 year history.

　　这是客户喜欢的机器。也是甲骨文公司30年的历史中推出的最成功的产品。

　　The Sun acquisition doesn’t reduce our commitment to Exadata at all.

　　收购Sun不会减少我们Exadata 所有的承诺。

　　Looking back on your childhood, can you see the Larry Ellison of today taking root when you were young?

　　回顾你的童年，能在小拉里?埃里森身上看到现在的影子吗？

　　I don’t think my personality has changed much since I was five years old.

　　5岁以后，我的性格基本没有变过。

　　The most important aspect of my personality, as far as determining my success goes, has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting the experts, and questioning authority.

　　其中对我成功最重要的方面是质疑传 统智慧、专家言论和权威。

　　While that can be very painful in relationships with your parents and teachers, it’s enormously useful in life.

　　尽管这在处理 与老师和父母的关系时会带来很多令人痛苦的麻烦，对生活却有巨大的帮助。

　　I was born in New York City. My mother was 19, she wasn’t married, and really was unable to care for me.

　　我出生在纽约市，当时我母亲19岁，她没有结婚，确实无法照顾我。

　　She tried until I was nine months old, and then I was adopted by my maternal⁵ aunt and uncle in Chicago.

　　我9个月大的时候，她才放弃了抚养我，之后我被芝加哥的姨妈和舅舅收养。

　　I moved to the south side of Chicago.

　　我搬到了芝加哥南部。

　　I’ll never complain again about living in a bad neighborhood, after moving from the lower east side of Manhattan to a still worse neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.

　　从曼哈顿东部搬到芝加哥南部一个更差劲的社区，但我从不抱怨。

　　After my ninth month, I kept my mouth shut about the neighborhood.

　　9个月以后，我对社区的事闭□不谈。

1 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

2 vendors   

n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方

参考例句：

• The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
• At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 oracle   

n.神谕，神谕处，预言

参考例句：

• In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。
• It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕，常常能预言最重要的事情。

4 microprocessors   

微（信息）处理机( microprocessor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This sort of work would have been inconceivable before the advent of microprocessors. 在微处理机问世之前这种工作是难以想象的。
• In microprocessors, the name used for the IEEE interface bus standard. 微处理机中，IEEE接口总线标准的名字。

5 maternal   

adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的

参考例句：

• He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。