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Microsoft has broken away from its traditional celebratory cake for Firefox releases. 微软IE团队今日打破传统，表示不会再为火狐浏览器发布新版本送去蛋糕表示庆贺。谋智网络火狐浏览器是微软IE的最大竞争对手。 The software giant has a habit of sending cakes to Mozilla after the foundation ships an update to its Firefox browser. Mozilla’s recent Firefox 8 release has stemmed the flow of cupcakes from Redmond. Microsoft didn’t ship a cupcake to Mozilla for its Firefox 8 release. “We didn’t do it since we thought it was getting to be overkill,” said a Microsoft spokesperson. “Every six weeks is a lot of cupcakes”, they added. 软件巨头微软有个不成文的习俗，每当谋智网络将火狐浏览器更新到新版本时，都会送去蛋糕表示祝贺。不过从最新发布的Firefox 8版本开始，位于雷德蒙德的微软总部决定不再“供应”纸杯蛋糕了。微软没有为Firefox 8版本提供蛋糕。微软的发言人表示：“我们自此不会再继续这个传统，因为实在是有太大杀伤力了，基本每六周我们就要提供好多纸杯蛋糕。” Microsoft originally shipped a big congratulatory cake to Mozilla in March for shipping Firefox 4. Microsoft then shipped a smaller cupcake to Mozilla in June after the company shipped Firefox 5. Microsoft’s tradition of cupcakes also saw the company ship Mozilla a small cupcake in August when Firefox 6 launched. Microsoft’s final cupcake was sent to Mozilla in late September after the company shipped Firefox 7. The cupcakes were a clear reference to Mozilla’s smaller and rapid work on the Firefox browser software. | 
