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That left another question: When Apple allowed the iPod to be compatible with Windows machines,
但這又帶來了另一個問題：如果蘋果允許iPod和Windows計算機兼容，
should it also create a version of iTunes to serve as the music-management software for those Windows users?
那么它是否要為Windows用戶開發一個新版本的iTunes音樂管理軟件？
As usual, Jobs believed the hardware and software should go together:
和往常一樣，喬布斯認為硬件和軟件應該一體化。
The user experience depended on the iPod working in complete sync (so to speak) with iTunes software on the computer.
用戶體驗依賴于iPod和計算機上的iTunes軟件的完全同步（從某種意義上可以這么說）。
Schiller was opposed. "I thought that was crazy, since we don't make Windows software," Schiller recalled.
席勒反對專門制作一個軟件，他回憶說：“我覺得這樣做太荒謬了，因為我們又不是做Windows軟件的。
"But Steve kept arguing, 'If we're going to do it, we should do it right.'"
但是史蒂夫一直堅持說：‘既然我們要做這件事，就應該做得漂亮。’”
Schiller prevailed at first.
席勒的意見起初占了上風。
Apple decided to allow the iPod to work with Windows by using software from MusicMatch, an outside company.
蘋果先通過一家外部公司MusicMatch的軟件來實現iPod和Windows系統兼容。
But the software was so clunky that it proved Jobs's point,
但是這個軟件太笨拙了，這也證明了喬布斯的觀點是對的，
and Apple embarked on a fast-track effort to produce iTunes for Windows.
之后，蘋果迅速為制作Windows版本的iTunes邁出了第一步。
Jobs recalled: To make the iPod work on PCs,
喬布斯回憶道：為了讓iPod在Windows計算機上使用，
we initially partnered with another company that had a jukebox,
我們起初和一個制作播放器軟件的公司合作，
gave them the secret sauce to connect to the iPod, and they did a crappy job.
并告訴了他們連接iPod的秘訣，但是他們做得太差了。
That was the worst of all worlds, because this other company was controlling a big piece of the user experience.
這是整個世界上最糟糕的事情，因為這家公司控制了用戶體驗中的關鍵部分。
So we lived with this crappy outside jukebox for about six months, and then we finally got iTunes written for Windows.
所以我們容忍了這個討厭的外部播放器長達6個月，之后我們終于寫出了Windows版的iTunes軟件。
In the end, you just don't want someone else to control a big part of the user experience.
最終，你還是不想讓其他人去控制用戶體驗。
People may disagree with me, but I am pretty consistent about that.
人們可能對此有非議，但我一直非常堅持這個做法。
