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The Battle of the GUI
圖形用戶界面之爭
At that time, Microsoft was producing an operating system, known as DOS,
微軟當時已經開發出了DOS操作系統，
which it licensed to IBM and compatible computers.
并授權給IBM和兼容電腦使用
It was based on an old-fashioned command line interface that confronted users with surly little prompts such as C:\>.
DOS系統采用老式的命令行界面，會顯示出小而呆板的系統提示符，如C:\>。
As Jobs and his team began to work closely with Microsoft,
喬布斯及其團隊開始和微軟密切合作
they grew worried that it would copy Macintosh's graphical user interface.
同時他們擔心微軟會抄襲麥金塔的圖形界面的思路。
Andy Hertzfeld noticed that his contact at Microsoft was asking detailed questions about how the Macintosh operating system worked.
安迪·赫茨菲爾德注意到，微軟方面的聯系人就麥金塔操作系統如何運作詢問了太多細節問題，這令蘋果更感憂慮。
"I told Steve that I suspected that Microsoft was going to clone the Mac," he recalled.
“我跟史蒂夫說，我懷疑微軟打算抄襲Mac，”赫茨菲爾德回憶說，
They were right to worry.
他們的擔憂不無道理。
Gates believed that graphical interfaces were the future,
蓋茨相信，圖形界面是未來的方向；
and that Microsoft had just as much right as Apple did to copy what had been developed at Xerox PARC.
他覺得，微軟完全有權像蘋果一樣，仿照施樂PARC所開發的東西，開發自己的圖形界面。
As he freely admitted later, "We sort of say, 'Hey, we believe in graphics interfaces, we saw the Xerox Alto too.'"
后來，蓋茨坦率地承認：“我們多少是這么想的，‘嘿，我們也看好圖形界面，我們也見識過施樂PARC的成果。’”
In their original deal, Jobs had convinced Gates to agree that
在雙方最開始的合同中，喬布斯說服蓋茨同意，
Microsoft would not create graphical software for anyone other than Apple
微軟不得將任何圖形軟件賣給其他公司。
until a year after the Macintosh shipped in January 1983.
直到麥金塔于1983年1月發布的一年之后。
Unfortunately for Apple, it did not provide for the possibility that the Macintosh launch would be delayed for a year.
但對蘋果來說不幸的是，他們沒有想到麥金塔會推遲一年發布。
So Gates was within his rights when, in November 1983,
因此，1983年11月，完全在蓋茨權力范圍內
he revealed that Microsoft planned to develop a new operating system for IBM PCs
他宣布微軟計劃為IBM個人電腦開發一套新的操作系統，
featuring a graphical interface with windows, icons, and a mouse for point-and-click navigation.
該操作系統采用圖形界面，有窗口、圖標和可以指向并點擊的鼠標。
It would be called Windows.
它被稱為Windows。
Gates hosted a Jobs-like product announcement,
蓋茨主持了一次喬布斯風格的產品發布會
the most lavish thus far in Microsoft's history, at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York.
這是微軟當時所舉辦的最豪華的發布活動。在紐約赫爾姆斯利大飯店舉行。
