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So what did Bill Gates think as he watched Jobs, with his closed strategy, go into battle against Google, as he had done against Microsoft twenty-five years earlier?
25年前，喬布斯就曾為了其封閉策略向微軟宣戰，現在他又向谷歌宣戰；比爾·蓋茨看到此情此景有何感想呢？
"There are some benefits to being more closed, in terms of how much you control the experience,
“從控制用戶體驗的角度來說，更為封閉的系統會有一些好處，
and certainly at times he's had the benefit of that," Gates told me.
當然，他有時也確實從中獲益。”蓋茨對我說。
But refusing to license the Apple iOS, he added, gave competitors like Android the chance to gain greater volume.
但是，他補充道，蘋果拒絕授權iOS操作系統，這一行為讓競爭對手，如安卓，有機會獲得更大的市場空間。
In addition, he argued, competition among a variety of devices and manufacturers leads to greater consumer choice and more innovation.
此外他還認為，各類設備和制造商之間的競爭，能夠帶來更多創新，給消費者更多選擇。
"These companies are not all building pyramids next to Central Park," he said, poking fun at Apple's Fifth Avenue store,
“并非每家公司都會在中央公園附近建造金碧輝煌的門店。”蓋茨拿蘋果在第五大道的專賣店打趣道，
"but they are coming up with innovations based on competing for consumers."
“但是，為了爭奪用戶，他們總會有所創新。”
Most of the improvements in PCs, Gates pointed out, came because consumers had a lot of choices,
蓋茨指出，個人電腦的大多數進步都是因為消費者有很多選擇，
and that would someday be the case in the world of mobile devices.
而總有一天，移動設備領域也會如此。
"Eventually, I think, open will succeed, but that's where I come from. In the long run, the coherence thing, you can't stay with that."
“我認為，開放的方式最終會成功，不過這是從我的經歷而言的。從長遠來看，一以貫之的事物，你沒法一直做下去。”
Jobs believed in "the coherence thing."
喬布斯則相信“一以貫之的事物”。
His faith in a controlled and closed environment remained unwavering, even as Android gained market share.
即使安卓正在贏得市場份額，他卻絲毫沒有動搖，仍然推崇控制和封閉的環境。
"Google says we exert more control than they do, that we are closed and they are open," he railed when I told him what Schmidt had said.
當我把施密特的說法告訴喬布斯后，他指責道：“谷歌說我們比他們施加了更多的控制，我們是封閉的，他們是開放的。
"Well, look at the results -- Android's a mess. It has different screen sizes and versions, over a hundred permutations."
好吧，我們來看看結果--安卓一團糟。安卓系統的手機屏幕大小和版本都不同，有上百種樣子。”
Even if Google's approach might eventually win in the marketplace, Jobs found it repellent.
即使谷歌的做法最終會贏得市場，喬布斯也非常排斥。
"I like being responsible for the whole user experience.
“我喜歡為整個用戶體驗負責。
We do it not to make money. We do it because we want to make great products, not crap like Android."
我們做這些不是為錢，而是因為我們想要創造偉大的產品，而非安卓這樣的垃圾。”
