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Jobs realized that the image of Gates looming over him and the audience was a mistake.
喬布斯意識到蓋茨的臉籠罩在他和觀眾們的頭頂是個錯誤。
"I wanted him to come to Boston," Jobs later said. "That was my worst and stupidest staging event ever.
“我本想讓他來波士頓，”喬布斯后來說，“那是我有史以來最糟糕最愚蠢的舞臺設計。
It was bad because it made me look small, and Apple look small, and as if everything was in Bill's hands."
說它糟糕是因為那讓我看起來渺小，讓蘋果看起來渺小，而似乎一切都掌握在比爾的手中。”
Gates likewise was embarrassed when he saw the videotape of the event.
當蓋茨看到此次活動的錄像時，同樣也覺得很尷尬。
"I didn't know that my face was going to be blown up to looming proportions," he said.
“我并不知道我的臉在屏幕上會那么夸張?！彼f。
Jobs tried to reassure the audience with an impromptu sermon.
喬布斯試圖用一段即興演講來安撫觀眾。
"If we want to move forward and see Apple healthy again, we have to let go of a few things here," he told the audience.
“如果我們想進步并看到蘋果好起來，我們必須放棄一些東西，”他對聽眾說，
"We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win Microsoft has to lose...
“我們必須放棄這種如果微軟贏蘋果就必須輸?shù)挠^念...
I think if we want Microsoft Office on the Mac, we better treat the company that puts it out with a little bit of gratitude."
我想，如果我們想在Mac上使用微軟Office，我們最好還是對開發(fā)它的公司表達一點兒謝意?！?/div>
The Microsoft announcement, along with Jobs's passionate reengagement with the company, provided a much-needed jolt for Apple.
微軟的公告加上喬布斯的激情回歸，給蘋果打了一針強心劑。
By the end of the day, its stock had skyrocketed $6.56, or 33%, to close at $26.31, twice the price of the day Amelio resigned.
當天的交易日結束時，蘋果股票飆升6.56美元--漲幅33%--收盤于26.31美元，是阿梅里奧辭職當天股價的兩倍。
The one-day jump added $830 million to Apple's stock market capitalization.
這一天的暴漲給蘋果的市值增加了8.3億美元。
The company was back from the edge of the grave.
公司被從死亡線上拉了回來。
