元器件交易网讯  4月25日消息，据外媒报道，微软CEO在该公司第三季度财报会议上暗示，微软将进军新市场比如可穿戴计算机，为其提供Windows服务并按需定价。

　　上个月公司开发者大会，微软宣布，他们将提供免费Windows用于9英寸以下的设备上。

　　他在财报会议上称，“谈到新的机会，从可穿戴到物联网，我们希望Windows能够参与这一切。

　　我们希望按类别定价。我们研究怎么做9英寸以下的平板电脑和手机对我们来说才有意义。我们觉得价格需要改变……这就是我们怎么靠近机会的办法。”

　　提供免费的Windows是微软彻底的转变，但并不是完全出乎意料的。

　　既然微软有自己的硬件制造商诺基亚，那么公司以后可能不只为可穿戴设备提供Windows，也许有一天它自己也会生产智能眼镜和手表。

　　（元器件交易网董蕾 译）

　　外媒原文如下：

　　Last month at the company's Build developer conference, Microsoft made a surprise announcement: it was dropping the price it charged for Windows on devices smaller than 9 inches to $0.

　　On Thursday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hinted that it might not be the last time Microsoft gives Windows away. He wants Microsoft to expand into new markets such as wearable computers, and he's willing to price Windows as needed to make that happen, he says.

　　When it comes to new opportunities, from wearables the Internet of Things, we want to be able to participate in all of this with our Windows offering ...

　　We want to be able to price by category. .. We looked at what makes sense for us to do on tablets and phones below 9 inches and we felt that price needed to be changed. ... that's how we want to approach each of those opportunities.

　　Giving Windows away for free was a radical departure for Microsoft, but not a totally unexpected one.

　　Selling operating systems to PC manufacturers is part of the company's DNA, stretching back to its days as a startup. That said, there had been rumors and leaks that Microsoft was experimenting with free and low-cost versions of Windows.

　　Now that Microsoft has its own hardware maker in Nokia, perhaps the company will do more than offer Windows for wearables. Maybe it will one day make its own version of Glass or a watch, too.