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One surprising defender of Jobs was Jean-Louis Gassee,
喬布斯當(dāng)時(shí)一個(gè)出乎意料的維護(hù)者竟是讓-路易·加西，
who had bumped elbows with Jobs when he replaced him at Apple and subsequently been ousted himself.
他曾經(jīng)跟喬布斯在蘋果發(fā)生摩檫，后來被逐出蘋果。
He wrote an article extolling the creativity of NeXT products.
他寫了一篇文章稱贊NeXT產(chǎn)品是多么具有創(chuàng)造性。
"NeXT might not be Apple," Gassee argued, "but Steve is still Steve."
“NeXT也許不是蘋果，”加西說，“但史蒂夫還是史蒂夫?！?/div>
A few days later his wife answered a knock on the door and went running upstairs to tell him that Jobs was standing there.
幾天之后，加西家來了一位訪客，加西的妻子跑上樓去告訴他，史蒂夫在樓下。
He thanked Gassee for the article and invited him to an event
喬布斯感謝加西寫了那篇文章，并邀請(qǐng)他參加一個(gè)活動(dòng)，
where Intel's Andy Grove would join Jobs in announcing that NeXTSTEP would be ported to the IBM/Intel platform.
屆時(shí)英特爾的安迪·格魯夫?qū)⒑蛦滩妓挂煌迹琋eXTSTEP將被植入IBM/英特爾平臺(tái)上。
"I sat next to Steve's father, Paul Jobs, a movingly dignified individual," Gassee recalled.
“我當(dāng)時(shí)坐在史蒂夫的父親保羅·喬布斯旁邊，他備受尊重?！?/div>
"He raised a difficult son, but he was proud and happy to see him onstage with Andy Grove."
加西回憶說，“他帶大兒子很不容易?？吹绞返俜蚋驳稀じ耵敺蛘驹谂_(tái)上，他是那么自豪和高興。”
A year later Jobs took the inevitable subsequent step: He gave up making the hardware altogether.
一年以后，喬布斯不可避免地改變了策略：徹底放棄硬件的制造。
This was a painful decision, just as it had been when he gave up making hardware at Pixar.
這是一個(gè)痛苦的決定，一如他當(dāng)年在皮克斯放棄硬件制造那樣。
He cared about all aspects of his products, but the hardware was a particular passion.
他關(guān)注產(chǎn)品的方方面面，但硬件才是他的熱情所在。
He was energized by great design, obsessed over manufacturing details,
他為出色的設(shè)計(jì)心潮澎湃，癡迷于生產(chǎn)細(xì)節(jié)，
and would spend hours watching his robots make his perfect machines.
會(huì)花上好幾個(gè)小時(shí)注視著他的機(jī)器人為他制造完美的產(chǎn)品。
But now he had to lay off more than half his workforce,
但現(xiàn)在，他不得不解雇一半以上的人力，
sell his beloved factory to Canon (which auctioned off the fancy furniture),
把他鐘愛的工廠賣給佳能（佳能拍賣掉了那些時(shí)尚的家具），
and satisfy himself with a company that tried to license an operating system to manufacturers of uninspired machines.
留得一家聊以慰藉的公司，把操作系統(tǒng)授權(quán)給那些生產(chǎn)死板機(jī)器的制造商。
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| inevitable | [in'evitəbl] |
想一想再看 adj. 不可避免的，必然(發(fā)生)的 |
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| onstage | ['ɔn'steidʒ, 'ɔ:n-] |
想一想再看 adj. 臺(tái)上的；臺(tái)上演出的 adv. 上臺(tái)；上場 |
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| passion | ['pæʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 激情，酷愛 |
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| decision | [di'siʒən] |
想一想再看 n. 決定，決策 |
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| canon | ['kænən] |
想一想再看 n. 教規(guī)，標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，準(zhǔn)則，真經(jīng)，真作，[音]卡農(nóng)曲 n. |
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| particular | [pə'tikjulə] |
想一想再看 adj. 特殊的，特別的，特定的，挑剔的 |
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| license | ['laisəns] |
想一想再看 n. 執(zhí)照，許可證，特許 |
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| creativity | [.kri:ei'tiviti] |
想一想再看 n. 創(chuàng)造力，創(chuàng)造 |
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| grove | [grəuv] |
想一想再看 n. 小樹林，果樹園 |
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| obsessed | [əb'sest] |
想一想再看 adj. 著迷的 |
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