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After a while the relationship became bumpier.
一段時(shí)間過(guò)后，蘋果和微軟之間的關(guān)系開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題。
The original plan was to have some of the Microsoft applications—such as Excel, Chart, and File
雙方最初的計(jì)劃是將微軟的一些應(yīng)用程序，如Excel、Chart和File，
carry the Apple logo and come bundled with the purchase of a Macintosh.
打上蘋果的商標(biāo)，并且和麥金塔進(jìn)行捆綁銷售。
"We were going to get $10 per app, per machine," said Gates.
“每臺(tái)電腦上的每個(gè)應(yīng)用能給我們帶來(lái)10美元的收入。”蓋茨說(shuō)道。
But this arrangement upset competing software makers.
但是這種方式令軟件制造領(lǐng)域的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手很不舒服，
In addition, it seemed that some of Microsoft's programs might be late.
此外，當(dāng)時(shí)微軟的一些軟件程序可能會(huì)遲些才能完成。
So Jobs invoked a provision in his deal with Microsoft and decided not to bundle its software;
因此喬布斯援引合同中的某個(gè)條款，決定不預(yù)裝微軟的軟件；
Microsoft would have to scramble to distribute its software as products sold directly to consumers.
這樣，微軟就得努力把自己的軟件直接賣給消費(fèi)者。
Gates went along without much complaint.
蓋茨對(duì)此并沒(méi)有太多抱怨。
He was already getting used to the fact that, as he put it, Jobs could "play fast and loose,"
用他自己的話來(lái)說(shuō)，喬布斯“反復(fù)無(wú)常”，自己已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了這一點(diǎn)。
and he suspected that the unbundling would actually help Microsoft.
而蓋茨當(dāng)時(shí)也在猜想，或許這種分拆實(shí)際上對(duì)微軟有好處。
"We could make more money selling our software separately," Gates said.
“如果單獨(dú)銷售軟件，我們能賺更多，”蓋茨表示，
"It works better that way if you're willing to think you're going to have reasonable market share."
“如果你愿意相信自己能獲得不錯(cuò)的市場(chǎng)份額，那事情發(fā)展成這樣反倒更好。”
Microsoft ended up making its software for various other platforms,
后來(lái)，微軟把軟件賣給了其他各種平臺(tái)，
and it began to give priority to the IBM PC version of Microsoft Word rather than the Macintosh version.
并在開(kāi)始為IBM個(gè)人電腦開(kāi)發(fā)文字處理軟件Word后，立即停止趕工麥金塔版的Word軟件。
In the end, Jobs's decision to back out of the bundling deal hurt Apple more than it did Microsoft.
喬布斯退出捆綁銷售的決定，最終讓蘋果比微軟更受傷。
When Excel for the Macintosh was released,
麥金塔版本的Excel軟件發(fā)布時(shí)，
Jobs and Gates unveiled it together at a press dinner at New York's Tavern on the Green.
喬布斯和蓋茨共同在紐約綠苑酒廊餐廳參加媒體答謝晚宴。
Asked if Microsoft would make a version of it for IBM PCs,
當(dāng)被問(wèn)及微軟是否會(huì)為個(gè)人電腦開(kāi)發(fā)Excel軟件時(shí)，
Gates did not reveal the bargain he had made with Jobs but merely answered that "in time" that might happen.
蓋茨沒(méi)有透露他和喬布斯的契約，只是說(shuō)“以后”可能會(huì)。
Jobs took the microphone. "I'm sure 'in time' we'll all be dead," he joked.
喬布斯拿過(guò)麥克風(fēng)，開(kāi)玩笑地說(shuō)，“我相信，'以后'我們都會(huì)死。”
