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Sculley was thrilled by the possibility.
斯卡利對這種可能性感到高興。
It would solve most of his management issues,
這將解決兩人之間的大部分管理問題。
moving Jobs back to what he did best and getting rid of his disruptive presence in Cupertino.
喬布斯回到自己最擅長的領(lǐng)域，并且能讓他遠(yuǎn)離庫比蒂諾，
Sculley also had a candidate to replace Jobs as manager of the Macintosh division:
他還物色了一個候選人，替代喬布斯擔(dān)任麥金塔部門的管理者：
Jean-Louis Gassee, Apple's chief in France, who had suffered through Jobs's visit there.
讓-路易·加西，他是蘋果公司在法國的主管，曾在喬布斯造訪法國時與之對抗。
Gassee flew to Cupertino and said he would take the job
加西乘飛機前往庫比蒂諾，并表示，
if he got a guarantee that he would run the division rather than work under Jobs.
只要能保證自己管理整個項目而不是在喬布斯手下工作，他就會接受這份工作。
One of the board members, Phil Schlein of Macy's, tried to convince Jobs
董事會成員之一，梅西百貨的菲爾·施萊因竭力說服喬布斯，
that he would be better off thinking up new products and inspiring a passionate little team.
他如果能發(fā)明新產(chǎn)品并激勵一個充滿激情的小團(tuán)隊會更好。
But after some reflection, Jobs decided that was not the path he wanted.
但經(jīng)過一番思考，喬布斯認(rèn)為這并非他想走的路。
He declined to cede control to Gassee,
他拒絕將控制權(quán)棄讓給加西，
who wisely went back to Paris to avoid the power clash that was becoming inevitable.
后者明智地回到了巴黎，以躲開無可避免的權(quán)力沖突。
For the rest of the spring, Jobs vacillated.
在這個春季之后的日子里，喬布斯搖擺不定。
There were times when he wanted to assert himself as a corporate manager,
他有時想要維護(hù)自己作為企業(yè)管理者的身份，
even writing a memo urging cost savings by eliminating free beverages and first-class air travel,
甚至寫下備忘錄，要求取消免費飲料和頭等艙航空旅行的福利，以節(jié)省開支；
and other times when he agreed with those who were encouraging him to go off and run a new AppleLabs RD group.
有時候，他又想離開，去管理新的蘋果實驗室研發(fā)團(tuán)隊。
In March Murray let loose with another memo that he marked "Do not circulate" but gave to multiple colleagues.
當(dāng)年3月，默里發(fā)出了另一份備忘錄，并標(biāo)明“請勿流傳”，發(fā)送給了多位同事。
"In my three years at Apple, I've never observed so much confusion, fear, and dysfunction as in the past 90 days," he began.
“過去90天里，蘋果公司出現(xiàn)如此多的混亂、恐懼和運轉(zhuǎn)失常，是我在蘋果這3年里從未見過的。”他在開頭這樣寫道，
"We are perceived by the rank and file as a boat without a rudder, drifting away into foggy oblivion."
“普通員工覺得我們就是一艘沒有舵的船，在迷霧中漂流。”
Murray had been on both sides of the fence;
默里曾兩頭倒，
at times he conspired with Jobs to undermine Sculley, but in this memo he laid the blame on Jobs.
有幾次他還與喬布斯密謀詆毀斯卡利。但是在這份備忘錄中，他把錯誤歸咎于喬布斯。
"Whether the cause of or because of the dysfunction,
“無論公司的運轉(zhuǎn)失常是原因還是結(jié)果，
Steve Jobs now controls a seemingly impenetrable power base."
史蒂夫·喬布斯現(xiàn)在都在掌控著一個看似堅不可摧的權(quán)力基礎(chǔ)。”
