and not the amorphous promises of technological novelty

Chinese translation: FYI

04:31 Jul 2, 2005

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English term or phrase: and not the amorphous promises of technological novelty

As scandalous as this might sound, not every enterprise actually needs to move to a VoIP system, Goodall says. "The first question that enterprises don't ask is 'do I need VoIP?" he says. "Do you have a PBX system that works? How close is it to the end of its life? Those are questions that people don't value. But they should, because it can determine the benefits of a VoIP migration."
Those benefits, and not the amorphous promises of technological novelty, are what make the business case, says Avaya director of communications applications Lawrence Byrd. "It's always easier to start with the business case of what you're trying to accomplish," he says. "Do you want the kind of features you have now with a PBX, but with VoIP, or do you want something different?"
第二段当中的and not the amorphous promises of technological novelty是不是应当改成not the amorphous promises of technological novelty？即去掉not前面的and？

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Local time: 17:54

Chinese translation:FYI

Explanation:
其实根据愈发规矩不应该有and, 但是语言是由生命的，这里增加了一个and 就是减轻了后面the amorphous promises of technological novelty 的严重度，让她听起来舒服一点而已，但它的基本意思是同一的

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Local time: 17:54

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FYI

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and not = rather than

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FYI

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and not = rather than

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and not = rather than (是...)而不是...

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