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Mike Markkula rankled at the possibility that Jobs would hire anyone from Apple.
對于喬布斯可能會聘請蘋果員工，邁克·馬庫拉頗有微詞。
"Why would you take anyone at all?" he asked.
“你憑什么帶走任何一個人？”他質問喬布斯。
"Don't get upset," Jobs assured him and the rest of the board.
“別生氣，”喬布斯向他保證，
"These are very low-level people that you won't miss, and they will be leaving anyway."
“我要帶走的都是些級別很低的員工，你們不會想念他們的，況且，他們反正都要辭職了。”
The board initially seemed disposed to wish Jobs well in his venture.
董事會最初表示希望喬布斯的新公司能一切順利。
After a private discussion, the directors even proposed that
私下討論后，董事們甚至提議，
Apple take a 10% stake in the new company and that Jobs remain on the board.
蘋果公司可以向這家新公司注資，占據10%的股份，并且讓喬布斯仍然留在蘋果公司董事會。
That night Jobs and his five renegades met again at his house for dinner.
當晚，喬布斯連同5名“反叛的海盜”又一次在他家見面吃晚飯。
He was in favor of taking the Apple investment, but the others convinced him it was unwise.
喬布斯愿意接受蘋果公司的投資，但是在座的其他人認為這樣做不明智，并說服了他。
They also agreed that it would be best if they resigned all at once, right away.
他們還一致認為，最好現在馬上一起辭職，
Then they could make a clean break.
這樣就能和蘋果公司一刀兩斷了。
So Jobs wrote a formal letter telling Sculley the names of the five who would be leaving,
因此，喬布斯寫了一封正式信函，告知斯卡利將要辭職的5位員工的姓名，
signed it in his spidery lowercase signature,
并附上自己精巧的小寫簽名。
and drove to Apple the next morning to hand it to him before his 7:30 staff meeting.
第二天一早喬布斯就開車前往蘋果公司，趕在7點半的員工會議之前將這封信交給了斯卡利。
"Steve, these are not low-level people," Sculley said.
“史蒂夫，這些都不是低級別職員。”斯卡利讀完信后說道。
"Well, these people were going to resign anyway," Jobs replied.
“好吧，但這些人早晚都會辭職，”喬布斯回答說，
"They are going to be handing in their resignations by nine this morning."
“他們會在今天上午9點之前遞交辭職信。”
