Microsoft has become a clumsy, uncompetitive innovator. Its products are lampooned, often unfairly but sometimes with good reason.

微软已经成了毫无竞争力的笨拙创新者，其产品遭到冷嘲热讽，虽然多是偏激之言，但有些确也有理有据。

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I think obviously this is very good for Apple and the stock because Jobs has been an innovator. He steered the company into a lot of new products.

很明显，这对苹果公司和其股价都大有好处，因为乔布斯一直是个创新者，是他带领着公司推出了很多新产品。

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Elsewhere governments have tended to run into two problems: the state is not a good innovator, and it gets in the way of others who are.

ECONOMIST: Innovation in China

Knockoffs are a good place to start, but Ranbaxy has a higher ambition: to become an innovator in its own right.

FORBES: By the Numbers

Startup incubators and fellowship opportunities are good models, but we also need to think more seriously about companies and nonprofits sponsoring "innovator in residence"-style positions to provide a creative context.

WSJ: The Experts: How to Foster Young Entrepreneurs