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As the rest of the room sat frozen, Sculley finally lost his temper.
會議室里其他人都一動不動地坐著，斯卡利終于發火了。
A childhood stutter that had not afflicted him for twenty years started to return.
他小時候有過口吃，但已經20年沒犯了，現在他又結巴起來。
"I don't trust you, and I won't tolerate a lack of trust," he stammered.
“我不信任你，我也不能容忍缺乏信任。”他結結巴巴地說道。
When Jobs claimed that he would be better than Sculley at running the company, Sculley took a gamble.
當喬布斯聲稱，在經營企業方面，他比斯卡利更好時，斯卡利決定賭一把，
He decided to poll the room on that question.
他讓房間里的所有人對這個問題進行投票。
"He pulled off this clever maneuver," Jobs recalled, still smarting thirty-five years later.
“他通過這個聰明的舉動贏了。”喬布斯回憶道，這件事在35年后仍然讓他覺得痛楚，
"It was at the executive committee meeting, and he said,
“當時是執行委員會的會議，斯卡利說，
'It's me or Steve, who do you vote for?'
‘我，還是史蒂夫，你們選吧。’
He set the whole thing up so that you'd kind of have to be an idiot to vote for me."
他設計了這整件事，從而讓人覺得，選我的人肯定是白癡。”
Suddenly the frozen onlookers began to squirm. Del Yocam had to go first.
突然，紋絲不動的旁觀者們騷動起來。德爾·約克姆不得不第一個發言，
He said he loved Jobs, wanted him to continue to play some role in the company,
他說自己欣賞喬布斯，希望他能繼續在公司發揮一定的作用。
but he worked up the nerve to conclude, with Jobs staring at him,
雖然喬布斯盯著他，但是約克姆鼓起勇氣總結說，
that he "respected" Sculley and would support him to run the company.
他“尊重”斯卡利并會支持他管理公司。
Eisenstat faced Jobs directly and said much the same thing: He liked Jobs but was supporting Sculley.
艾森斯塔特直面喬布斯，說了差不多的話：他欣賞喬布斯，但是支持斯卡利。
Regis McKenna, who sat in on senior staff meetings as an outside consultant, was more direct.
里吉斯·麥肯納是一位外部顧問，坐在一群高級職員之間，他的回答更直接。
He looked at Jobs and told him he was not yet ready to run the company, something he had told him before.
他看著喬布斯，說他還沒有準備好管理公司，這句話他之前也對喬布斯說過。
Others sided with Sculley as well.
其他人也支持斯卡利。
