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Steve Wozniak was going to give the plans
沃茲尼瓦克本來想將電腦
for the computer away for free,
免費送給人使用
but Steve Jobs convinced him
但喬布斯游說他
they could sell the computer.
將電腦賣給別人
On April 1, 1976,
在1976年4月1日
the Apple Computer Company was formed.
蘋果電腦公司正式成立
When Steve Jobs cofounded Apple,
喬布斯共同創立蘋果電腦公司時
he didn't have any money.
他只是個窮光蛋
The famous story is that
當中最著名的故事
Steve Jobs sold hs Volkswagen bus
是喬布斯賣了他的大眾巴士車
and Steve Vozniak sold his Hewlett Packard computer
而沃茲尼瓦克賣了他的惠普電腦
and they scraped together just a little money
來籌集很少的資金
and they really had to do it on a shoestring.
所以他們只可以勒緊褲頭
Everyone thinks Apple
所有人都以為蘋果電腦公司
was a garage start-up,
是在車庫開始
that the parents gave him the garage.
由他父母給他的車庫
It actually started in a bedroom
事實上,蘋果電腦公司是由臥室開始
and it took over much of
之后還占據了他的小房子
the small house and the garage.
和車庫的一大部分
Jobs was able to sell enough of the Apple I computers
喬布斯賣出的蘋果第一代電腦
to keep the business going,
數量足夠他們維持業務
and looked for investors.
還可以讓他們積極物色投資者
Apple Computer's first major investor
蘋果電腦的第一個主要投資者
and business partner was Mike Markkula.
和業務伙伴是馬克庫拉
So, from the early years of Apple,
在蘋果電腦公司的發展初期
Steve Jobs was not in charge.
喬布斯并不是擔當領導角色
There were experienced executives
因為那里有很多在大公司
who had worked at
例如英特爾等工作過
successful companies, like Intel,
具有豐富經驗的行政人員
who were older,
他們的年紀也比較大
who were what we now call, in Silicon Valley,
就好像我們現在在矽谷
the adult supervision.
叫作資深主管那些人
