乔布斯传 第346期:万物解体(2)

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　　who had bumped elbows with Jobs when he replaced him at Apple and subsequently been ousted² himself. 他曾经跟乔布斯在苹果发生摩檫，后来被逐出苹果。

　　He wrote an article extolling³ the creativity of NeXT products. 他写了一篇文章称赞NeXT产品是多么具有创造性。

　　"NeXT might not be Apple," Gassee argued, "but Steve is still Steve." “NeXT也许不是苹果，”加西说，“但史蒂夫还是史蒂夫。”

　　A few days later his wife answered a knock on the door and went running upstairs to tell him that Jobs was standing⁴ there. 几天之后，加西家来了一位访客，加西的妻子跑上楼去告诉他，史蒂夫在楼下。

　　He thanked Gassee for the article and invited him to an event 乔布斯感谢加西写了那篇文章，并邀请他参加一个活动，

　　where Intel's Andy Grove⁵ would join Jobs in announcing that NeXTSTEP would be ported to the IBM/Intel platform. 届时英特尔的安迪·格鲁夫将和乔布斯一同宣布，NeXTSTEP将被植入IBM/英特尔平台上。

　　"I sat next to Steve's father, Paul Jobs, a movingly dignified⁶ individual," Gassee recalled. “我当时坐在史蒂夫的父亲保罗·乔布斯旁边，他备受尊重。”

　　"He raised a difficult son, but he was proud and happy to see him onstage with Andy Grove." 加西回忆说，“他带大儿子很不容易。看到史蒂夫跟安迪·格鲁夫站在台上，他是那么自豪和高兴。”

　　A year later Jobs took the inevitable⁷ subsequent step: He gave up making the hardware altogether. 一年以后，乔布斯不可避免地改变了策略：彻底放弃硬件的制造。

　　This was a painful decision, just as it had been when he gave up making hardware at Pixar. 这是一个痛苦的决定，一如他当年在皮克斯放弃硬件制造那样。

　　He cared about all aspects of his products, but the hardware was a particular passion. 他关注产品的方方面面，但硬件才是他的热情所在。

　　He was energized⁸ by great design, obsessed⁹ over manufacturing details, 他为出色的设计心潮澎湃，痴迷于生产细节，

　　and would spend hours watching his robots make his perfect machines. 会花上好几个小时注视着他的机器人为他制造完美的产品。

　　But now he had to lay off more than half his workforce¹⁰, 但现在，他不得不解雇一半以上的人力，

　　sell his beloved factory to Canon (which auctioned¹¹ off the fancy furniture), 把他钟爱的工厂卖给佳能（佳能拍卖掉了那些时尚的家具），

　　and satisfy himself with a company that tried to license¹² an operating system to manufacturers of uninspired machines. 留得一家聊以慰藉的公司，把操作系统授权给那些生产死板机器的制造商。

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