【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文] 23-30
Woman: Hello, Carole Gracian here, thanks for hearing Big Thinker on air. My guest today is embedded pioneer and MontaVista OEO Jim Ready. Mr. Ready, how do you feel about having the combination of Wind River plus Red Hat as a competitor?
Man: Wind's agreement-to the extent to which it has happened-I'll take. But, it's a distraction, independent of how successful you think Wind will be. You have to be prepared. They're not stupid folks, and you have to prepare for the consequences.
Woman: Well, Wind River actually is the market share leader in embedded. So potentially, an alliance of Wind River and Red Hat combines to span the full area, from embedded to enterprise to the desktop, doesn't it? Additionally, isn't this end-to-end play something Microsoft is going after in a major way?.
Man: It's clear that VxWorks is dead. There are vanishingly smaller new design wins that incorporate VxWorks. Our semiconductor friends in Asia say that in terms of new design wins, the choice is overwhelmingly Linux. That's the whole reason we got into this in the first place-the steam has run cut d old embedded technology. Whatever Wind does in Linux, they have to split with Red Hat. That weakens their position.
Woman: Would you compare the emerging battle between Linux and Microsoft to the Cathedral and the Bazaar metaphor described by Eric S. Raymond?.
Man: The standards organisations like the Open, Source Development Labs (OSDL) with its Carrier Grade Linux are demonstrably shining stars, that bring a semi-cathedral approach to open source development. It's an aggregation of TEMs (telecommunications equipment manufacturers), and companies like Alcatel and Nokia, specifying and then delivering compliant software. It's an organised bazaar, with people acting in combined self-interest to Linux where it needs to go.
Woman: So, it's not black and white, and you don't have extremes of the cathedral / bazaar model in the Eric. S. Raymond sense. There are aggregations in the bazaar space that are more focused. Traditionally, MontaVista has stayed away from market-specific products, such as providing complete OS/ middleware stacks for PDAs, smartphones, set-top boxes, home services gateways, etc. Will that change? If so, which vertical markets interest MontaVista most?
Man: The alternatives are not strictly vertical and horizontal. We can point out the dead bodies along the vertical path, but the alternative is not a haphazard horizontal path. Rather, it's a horizontal path with strong partnerships. Things are going to horizontalize. Cell phones, as you get into smart phones, will be more like platforms. You will be able to customize it yourself. There's probably an implication that says even though MontaVista will not be building vertical solutions, there is the qualification, testing opportunity to aggregating your e-cology to have more vertical solutions that are qualified by us.
Woman: It is a little complicated. Anyway, how would you characterize the current state of embedded Linux, both as a market and as a technology?.
Man: As a technology, there are still the customers who are under-satisfied, in terms of the capabilities. The appetite is enormous for moving Linux forward and taking it to realms unthought of. Linux is a wonderful starting point, but there are still gaps to fill. And that is a wonderful thing. There are market models that say where you want to be is having customers that are under-satisfied. The OSDL Carrier Grade Linux's 2.0 specification is coming, with even more requirements. CELF wants to de a bunch of things, and then some. So, between technology improvements and injections, we're strapped. Our engineers are working real hard. Software's getting pulled out of the building by our customers. We haven't reached perfection, so that's really good.
Woman: What key opportunities do you see for embedded Linux?
Man: The smartphone. This "platform" idea that could develop around smartphones could be the battle. From an overall business standpoint and semiconductor standpoint, you gotta win it. It's the kind of battle that tends to bring in a lot of resources. The home is another one, the battle of digital TVs and STBs (set-top boxes} and all of that. That also has done well for us.
Woman: Mr. Ready, thank you very much!
Man: Thank you !

[答案精解] 在采访一开始主持人就说Ready是首席执行官，这里的关键句是“My guest today is embedded pioneer and MontaVista CEO Jim Ready”。据此以及Ready紧接着所说的话，可排除A项，文中主持人问到“Mr. Ready, how do you feel about having the combination of Wind River plus Red Hat as a competitor?”，由此可知两个竞争对手是自己联合一起，并非是被兼并，可排除B项。判定C项为正确选项。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[答案精解] 主持人问道，“...the combination of Wind River plus Red Hat as a competitor?”两个公司联合起来，据此判定B项为正确选项。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[答案精解] 虽然文中“Whatever Wind does in Linux, they have to split with Red Hat. That weakens their position”他们的合作并不是相互依靠的，但这不是MontaVista公司的胜利原因。A项是干扰项，故不选。后来点出了所遇到的问题，即“Our semiconductor friends in Asia say that in terms of new design wins，the choice is overwhelmingly Linux．That's the whole reason we got into this in the first place…”所以C项应是正确答案。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[答案精解] 关键句是“...compare the emerging battle between Linux and Microsoft to the Cathedral and the Bazaar metaphor described by Eric S. Raymond”。由此可排除B项和C项，正确答案应是A项，即Linux好于Microsoft。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[答案精解] “It's an aggregation of TEMs(telecommunications equipment manufacturers)，and companies like...”即aggregation(集合)这一关键句点出了答案。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[答案精解] 文中提到：The alternatives are not strictly vertical and horizontal任意选择都不会是呈现单纯的竖直方向或是水平方向。故排除C项。从他们的谈话中得知“Things are going to horizontalize”即事情按着水平发展，因此应选B项。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[答案精解] 文中主持人列举到“such as providing complete OS/middleware stacks for PDAs, smart phones, set-top boxes, home services gateways, etc. ”，故可排除A项；关键句是“Cell phones, as you get into smart phones，will be more like platforms”即：手机是一个很好的平台，所以C项才是正确选项。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[答案精解] 在Ready看来“As a technology，there are still the customers who are under-satisfied，in terms of the capabilities．”，即现在技术还不能成为固定的市场，还没有得到大家的认可。有顾客反馈这一点不能说明Linux所开放的群体是什么样的群体，排除B项，而且对话中没有明确提到此项技术是否好用，故排除C项。A项为正确选项。