乔布斯传之节选16

Cinderella

from Chapter 16

In their original deal, Jobs had convinced Gates to agree that Microsoft would not create graphical software for anyone other than Apple until a year after the Macintosh shipped in January 1983. Unfortunately for Apple, it did not provide for the possibility that the Macintosh launch would be delayed for a year. So Gates was within his rights when, in November 1983, he revealed that Microsoft planned to develop a new operating system for IBM PCs featuring a graphical interface with windows, icons, and a mouse for point-and-click navigation. It would be called Windows. Gates hosted a Jobs-like product announcement, the most lavish thus far in Microsoft’s history, at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York.

Jobs was furious. He knew there was little he could do about it—Microsoft’s deal with Apple not to do competing graphical software was running out—but he lashed out nonetheless. “Get Gates down here immediately,” he ordered Mike Boich, who was Apple’s evangelist to other software companies. Gates arrived, alone and willing to discuss things with Jobs. “He called me down to get pissed off at me,” Gates recalled. “I went down to Cupertino, like a command performance. I told him, ‘We’re doing Windows.’ I said to him, ‘We’re betting our company on graphical interfaces.’”

They met in Jobs’s conference room, where Gates found himself surrounded by ten Apple employees who were eager to watch their boss assail him. Jobs didn’t disappoint his troops. “You’re ripping us off!” he shouted. “I trusted you, and now you’re stealing from us!” Hertzfeld recalled that Gates just sat there coolly, looking Steve in the eye, before hurling back, in his squeaky voice, what became a classic zinger. “Well, Steve, I think there’s more than one way of looking at it. I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”

晨曦

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     在双方最初的交易中，乔布斯说服盖茨同意微软公司不得向除了苹果之外的任何公司提供图形软件，这个合同的有效期为1983年1月麦金塔发布的一年后。然而不幸的是，他们没有想到麦金塔会推迟一年发布。所以，在1983年11月，盖茨透露微软公司将会为IBM个人电脑开发一个采用图形界面，窗口、图标和可以指向并点击的鼠标的应用操作系统，而盖茨的这一举动完全合乎法律权益。这一系统被称为windows。在位于纽约的赫尔姆斯利大饭店里，盖茨主持了一次具有乔布斯风格的产品发布会，这是微软当时所举办的最豪华的发布活动。
    乔布斯十分愤怒。他知道对此他无能为力—因为因为微软与苹果的合同即将到期—不过他仍然大发雷霆。“叫盖茨马上到这里来，”他命令迈克•贝尔奇，当时迈克的职务是向其他的软件公司宣传苹果。盖茨一个人来了，而且愿意与乔布斯讨论问题。“他叫我来是想冲我发脾气，”盖茨回忆道。“我来到库比蒂诺，就好像自己应该来一样。我告诉他，‘我们在做Windows操作系统。’我对他说，‘我们把整个公司都押在了图形界面上。’”
    他们的会面地点在乔布斯的会议室。盖茨发觉自己被十名苹果员工包围着，他们迫切想看到乔布斯对他发难。乔布斯役有辜负围观员工的期望。“你偷了我们的作品！”他怒吼道，“我信任你，而你却偷我们的成果！”赫茨菲尔德回忆道，盖茨只是冷静地坐着，看着史蒂夫的眼睛，接着他用刺耳的声音说道：“好了，史蒂夫，我觉得我们可以用另外一种角度来看待这个问题。我觉得我们现在更像这样一我们都有个有钱的邻居，叫施乐，我闯进他们家准备偷电视机的时候，发现你已经把它盗走了。”

Joy

在双方最开始的合同中，乔布斯说服盖茨同意，一年之内微软不得将任何图形软件提供给除苹果之外的其任何公司。但对苹果来说不幸的是，他们没有想到麦金塔会推迟一年发布。因此，1983年11月，盖茨宣布微软计划为IBM个人电脑开发Windows操作系统——采用图形界面，有窗口、图标和可以指向并点击的鼠标。这完全在其杈利范围内。盖茨在纽约赫尔姆斯利大饭店主持了一次乔布斯风格的产品发布会，这是微软当时所举办的最豪华的发布活动。
    乔布斯对此很愤怒。他知道自己无计可施，因为微软答应不做图形操作软件的合同即将到期。尽管如此，他还是大发雷霆。他命令迈克•贝尔奇：“叫盖茨马上过来”；贝尔奇当时的工作是负责向其他软件公司宣传苹果。盖茨一个人来，而且他愿意和乔布斯讨论问题。“他叫我来是想冲我发脾气，”盖茨回忆说，“我来到库比蒂诺，就好像自己应该来一样。我告诉他，‘我们在做Windows操作系统。’我对他说，‘我们把整个公司都押在了图形界面上。’”
    他们的会面地点在乔布斯的会议室。盖茨发觉自己被十名苹果员工包围着，他们迫切想看到乔布斯和他对质。乔布斯没有让围观的职员失望。“你在盗用我们的东西！”他喊道，“我信任你，而你却在偷我们的东西！”赫茨菲尔德回忆道，盖茨只是冷静地坐着，直视史蒂夫的眼睛，接着他用尖锐的声音制造了一个日后成为经典的反驳：“好了，史蒂夫，我觉得我们可以换一种方式来看待这个问题。我觉得现在的情况更像这样——我们都有个有钱的邻居，叫施乐，我闯进他们家准备偷电视机的时候，发现你已经把它盗走了。”