李开复：中国即将迎来信息技术的黄金时代_BEC初级作文

李开复：中国即将迎来信息技术的黄金时代

中国互联网三巨头之一的腾讯公司就是一个很好的例子。腾讯的发展始自即时通讯产品QQ，可以说是雅虎通和MSN等软件使用的系统的翻版。但是如今的QQ已经发展成为一个完全不同的产品：集即时消息、社交网路、通用帐号和游戏大厅于一身。腾讯QQ已经成为世界上最大的在线社区（有7亿多的活跃用户），而美国的即时通讯服务同类产品却都在亏损经营。

I expect this type of innovation to proliferate, for three reasons.

我期待看到这种形式的创新会在未来出现大幅增加，我有以下三个原因：

First, we are entering the age of open platforms, mobile computing, pad devices, open-source and cloud computing. These will create many opportunities for talented Chinese I.T. professionals.

首先，我们正在进入这样一个时代：开放平台、移动计算、平板设备、开放源码和云计算。这些都会为有天赋的中国IT人才提供大显身手的好机会。

Second, development costs are the lowest in history. On the open platforms, four or five good engineers can build an application and validate it in just a few months.

第二，现在的开发成本达到历史最低，就开放平台而言，四五个优秀的工程师可以在短短几个月内就编写好应用程序并验证它的可行性。

Finally, the Chinese market is growing very rapidly, and more innovations will come out of such large markets. We expect the country to have 500 million mobile Internet users by 2017, and perhaps twice that in five years. Great innovative mobile companies are sure to follow.