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An early showdown came over employee badge numbers.
早期的一次爭議出現在員工編號的分配問題上。
Scott assigned #1 to Wozniak and #2 to Jobs.
斯科特把 "1號"給了沃茲, ,"2號"給了喬布斯。
Not surprisingly, Jobs demanded to be #1.
不出所料，喬布斯要求當"1號"。
"I wouldn't let him have it, because that would stoke his ego even more," said Scott.
斯科特說："我不會讓他得逞的，那樣只會讓他更加自負。"
Jobs threw a tantrum, even cried.
喬布斯大發脾氣，甚至痛哭流涕。
Finally, he proposed a solution. He would have badge #0.
最終，他提出了一個解決方案。他想要當"0號"。
Scott relented, at least for the purpose of the badge, but the Bank of America required a positive integer for its payroll system and Jobs's remained #2.
斯科特在員工編號這件事上妥協了，但美國銀行的工資系統中要求員工編號必須是正整數，所以喬布斯還是"2號"。
There was a more fundamental disagreement that went beyond personal petulance.
除了個人性格外，他們兩人之間還有更加實質性的分歧。
Jay Elliot, who was hired by Jobs after a chance meeting in a restaurant, noted Jobs's salient trait:
杰伊·埃利奧特是一次在餐廳偶遇喬布斯后被蘋果公司雇用的，他注意到了喬布斯的顯著特點：
"His obsession is a passion for the product, a passion for product perfection."
"他的執著是一種對產品的激情，對于完美產品的激情。"
Mike Scott, on the other hand, never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.
而邁克·斯科特從不會讓對完美的追求凌駕于產品的實用性之上 。
The design of the Apple II case was one of many examples.
Apple II箱子的設計便是例證之一。
The Pantone company, which Apple used to specify colors for its plastic, had more than two thousand shades of beige.
蘋果曾經在潘通公司的幫助下確定所用塑料的顏色，該公司有超過2000種不同的米黃色。
"None of them were good enough for Steve," Scott marveled.
"沒有一種能讓史蒂夫滿意，"斯科特對此感到十分驚訝，
"He wanted to create a different shade, and I had to stop him."
"他想要創造一種全新的顏色，我不得不阻止他。"
When the time came to tweak the design of the case, Jobs spent days agonizing over just how rounded the corners should be.
在調整箱子設計的過程中，喬布斯花了好幾天時間，苦苦思索邊角應該多圓潤。
"I didn't care how rounded they were," said Scott, "I just wanted it decided."
"我根本不關心它到底多圓潤，"斯科特說，"我只想趕快確定下來。"
Another dispute was over engineering benches.
另一場爭論是關于工程師使用的工作臺。
Scott wanted a standard gray; Jobs insisted on special-order benches that were pure white.
斯科特想要標準的灰色，而喬布斯堅持要定制純白色的。
All of this finally led to a showdown in front of Markkula about whether Jobs or Scott had the power to sign purchase orders; Markkula sided with Scott.
這一切最終導致兩人在馬庫拉面前攤牌，爭奪采購訂單的簽署杈。馬庫拉站在了斯科特這一邊。
Jobs also insisted that Apple be different in how it treated customers.
喬布斯還堅持要改變對待顧客的方式。
He wanted a one-year warranty to come with the Apple II.
他想讓 Apple II帶有一年保修期。
This flabbergasted Scott; the usual warranty was ninety days.
這個想法讓斯科特目瞪口呆，因為保修期一般只有90天。
Again Jobs dissolved into tears during one of their arguments over the issue.
在他們對此問題的一次爭論中，喬布斯又一次潸然淚下。
They walked around the parking lot to calm down, and Scott decided to relent on this one.
他們在停車場散步以平復心情，斯科特再次屈服了。
