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So when it was time for Gates and Jobs to meet in the green room before their joint session that evening, Mossberg was worried.
當(dāng)晚的聯(lián)合采訪開始前，喬布斯和蓋茨會在嘉賓休息室里見面，莫斯伯格很擔(dān)心。
Gates got there first, with his aide Larry Cohen, who had briefed him about Jobs's remark earlier that day.
蓋茨與助手拉里·科恩先到達(dá)，科恩之前已經(jīng)向蓋茨簡要匯報了喬布斯的評論。
When Jobs ambled in a few minutes later, he grabbed a bottle of water from the ice bucket and sat down.
幾分鐘后，喬布斯緩步走了進(jìn)來，從冰桶里拿出一瓶水，坐了下來。
After a moment or two of silence, Gates said, "So I guess I'm the representative from hell." He wasn't smiling.
片刻沉默之后，蓋茨開口了，臉上全無笑意，“我猜我就是那個地獄里的人?！?/div>
Jobs paused, gave him one of his impish grins, and handed him the ice water.
喬布斯頓了一下，露出了自己招牌式的頑皮微笑，把冰水遞給了蓋茨。
Gates relaxed, and the tension dissipated.
蓋茨情緒有所緩和，緊張的氣氛一掃而光。
The result was a fascinating duet, in which each wunderkind of the digital age spoke warily, and then warmly, about the other.
這次聯(lián)合采訪最終成為兩人之間的精彩對話，兩位數(shù)字時代的天才謹(jǐn)慎進(jìn)而熱情地談?wù)摫舜恕?/p>
Most memorably they gave candid answers
最令人印象深刻的是，他們給出了直率的回答，
when the technology strategist Lise Buyer, who was in the audience, asked what each had learned from observing the other.
當(dāng)坐在觀眾席的技術(shù)戰(zhàn)略家麗絲·拜爾提問兩人從對方身上學(xué)到了什么的時候。
"Well, I'd give a lot to have Steve's taste," Gates answered.
“好吧，我愿意放棄很多東西來擁有史蒂夫的品位。”蓋茨回答道。
There was a bit of nervous laughter;
現(xiàn)場爆發(fā)一陣笑聲，氣氛有些緊張；
Jobs had famously said, ten years earlier, that his problem with Microsoft was that it had absolutely no taste.
十年前，喬布斯曾說過一句話，他不滿意微軟是因為它完全沒有品位。
But Gates insisted he was serious. Jobs was a "natural in terms of intuitive taste."
但是蓋茨堅稱自己說這話是認(rèn)真的，喬布斯的“直覺品位是與生俱來的，無論是對人還是產(chǎn)品”。
He recalled how he and Jobs used to sit together reviewing the software that Microsoft was making for the Macintosh.
他回憶起自己和喬布斯當(dāng)年坐在一起，檢查微軟為麥金塔開發(fā)的軟件。
"I'd see Steve make the decision based on a sense of people and product that, you know, is hard for me to explain.
“史蒂夫能夠根據(jù)對人和產(chǎn)品的感覺作出決定，你們懂的，對我來說這甚至很難解釋清楚。
The way he does things is just different and I think it's magical. And in that case, wow."
他做事的方式非常不同尋常，我認(rèn)為很神奇。既然如此，我也只能感嘆‘哇’?！?/p>
