Microsoft is taking its biggest step beyond the Windows operating system since chief executive Satya Nadella started a rethink of its core software strategy two years ago. 微软公司(Microsoft)正在非Windows操作系统领域进行大的动作，这是自该公司首席执行官萨蒂亚纳德拉（Satya Nadella，上图）两年前开始反省其核心软件战略以来，它在这一领域采行的最根本性措施。The company announced on Monday that it would put one of its main products on Linux for the first time, selling a version of its database software to run on the open source operating system. 周一微软公司宣告，将把自己的一款主要产品首次摆放到开源操作系统Linux上，也就是说，将销售其数据库软件的Linux版。Until now it has only sold the product, called SQL Server, to run on Windows, reflecting the tight integration Microsoft has traditionally used to protect revenues from its own operating system. 到目前为止，微软公司销售的这款取名为SQL Server的产品还只运营在Windows系统上，体现出该公司仍然在运用密切构建来维护来自其自身操作系统的营收。

Mr Nadella said the change in strategy would give Microsoft a shot at the much bigger part of the database market that does not run on Windows, and denied that it would lead to a “cannibalisation” of Microsoft’s operating system as customers opted for Linux instead. 纳德纳回应，这一战略调整将令微软公司需要进占数据库市场的一块小得多的领域，即非Windows系统数据库领域。此外，他还坚称这么做到不会造成客户自由选择Linux、进而蚕食微软公司操作系统的市场份额。

“I want us to be aggressive in going after all opportunities,” he said. Asked if this was a direct attack on Oracle, the leading database software company, he added: “They are the incumbents, absolutely.” The new software is not scheduled for release until mid-2017. 他说道：“我期望我们大力地追赶所有机遇。”在被问及此举是否是对头号数据库软件公司甲骨文(Oracle)发动的必要反击时，他补足说道：“他们毫无疑问是现在的大哥。

”微软公司的这款新的软件之前2017年年中以后才不会公布。Microsoft overtook IBM to move into second place in the $32bn a year database market between 2011-14, according to Gartner, the research group, although its 21 per cent market share was still only half that of Oracle. 根据研究集团低德纳(Gartner)的数据，2011年到2014年间，微软公司打破了IBM，在年价值320亿美元的数据库市场占有了第二把交椅，但它的市场份额只有21%，是甲骨文的一半。Scott Guthrie, the executive in charge of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise group, indicated that it would price the software in line with what it charges on Windows, a level he said would be “disruptive” to other database companies. 微软公司负责管理云计算和企业业务的高管斯科特格思里(Scott Guthrie)认为，微软公司对这款软件的定价将与Windows版完全一致。

他回应，这一定价对其他数据库公司来说将是“颠覆性的”。Microsoft quotes a price of $13,000 for running its database software on the most basic servers, compared to a list price of more than $100,000 for a similar Oracle licence once various add-on features are included, according to Donald Feinberg, a Gartner analyst. Oracle discounts often mean its customers pay significantly less than the list price, though Microsoft’s software was still likely to be much cheaper, he added. 根据低德纳分析师唐纳德范伯格(Donald Feinberg)的众说纷纭，微软公司对其运营在最基本服务器上的数据库软件的报价是1.3万美元，而与之类似的Oracle许可证的目录价格多达10万美元（不含各种可选功能）。

他补足说道，Oracle获取的优惠往往意味著客户缴的钱要明显高于目录价格，但微软公司的新软件仍有可能会低廉得多。

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