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Under Amelio, the showdown had become explosive.
在阿梅里奧時(shí)期，微軟跟蘋果已經(jīng)全面攤牌。
Microsoft refused to commit to developing Word and Excel for future Macintosh operating systems, which could have destroyed Apple.
微軟拒絕給未來的麥金塔操作系統(tǒng)開發(fā)Word和Excel，這可能會(huì)毀了蘋果。
In defense of Bill Gates, he was not simply being vindictive.
替比爾·蓋茨說句話，他并不只是簡單的小心眼兒。
It was understandable that he was reluctant to commit to developing for a future Macintosh operating system when no one,
可以理解，他會(huì)猶豫要不要投入地為未來的麥金塔操作系統(tǒng)作開發(fā)，
including the ever-changing leadership at Apple, seemed to know what that new operating system would be.
因?yàn)樗坪鯖]有人（包括處于變化中的蘋果領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層在內(nèi)）知道那個(gè)新的操作系統(tǒng)會(huì)是什么樣子。
Right after Apple bought NeXT, Amelio and Jobs flew together to visit Microsoft,
就在蘋果收購NeXT以后，阿梅里奧和喬布斯一起飛去拜訪微軟，
but Gates had trouble figuring out which of them was in charge.
但是蓋茨當(dāng)時(shí)難以判斷他們兩個(gè)誰做主。
A few days later he called Jobs privately.
幾天以后他私下給喬布斯打電話。
"Hey, what the fuck, am I supposed to put my applications on the NeXT OS?" Gates asked.
“嗨，這他媽是怎么回事，我是要把我的應(yīng)用軟件放在NeXT操作系統(tǒng)上嗎？”蓋茨當(dāng)時(shí)這樣問道。
Jobs responded by "making smart-ass remarks about Gil," Gates recalled,
喬布斯說了些“對吉爾的恭維話”，蓋茨回憶，
and suggesting that the situation would soon be clarified.
然后說局面很快就會(huì)清晰起來。
