From Jobs's perspective, he had been honest. 从乔布斯的角度来看,自己是诚实的。 The five were not division managers or members of Sculley's top team. 这5位准备弃船的员工并非部门经理,也不是斯卡利髙层团队的成

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Markkula, in his subdued way, was also offended. 马库拉的反应虽然较为平和,但也觉得愤怒。 He took some top executives he had secretly lined up before he left. 他在走之前就偷愉笼络了一批高层管理人员,带走了他们

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Cunningham was appalled. This is going to reflect badly on you, she told him. 坎宁安震惊了。这会给你带来负面影响。她告诉乔布斯。 Finally he backed down. He decided that he would give the reporters a copy of the resignation le

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When a guy from the facilities team went to Jobs's office to pack up his belongings, 当后勤部门的一个家伙去乔布斯办公室整理他的物品时, he saw a picture frame on the floor. 发现地上有一个相框。 It contained a photog

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After a few days of failed efforts to reach a settlement with Jobs, 几天后,双方仍然未能达成一致, Sculley and the Apple board decided to sue him for breaches of fiduciary obligations. 斯卡利和苹果公司董事会决定起诉乔布斯

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Jobs, of course, didn't see it that way. 当然,乔布斯不这么认为。 I haven't got any sort of odd chip on my shoulder, he told Newsweek. 我没有任何挑衅的意思。他对《新闻周刊》说。 Once again he invited his favorite repo

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To Be on Your Own 靠自己 The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost, Arthur Rock later said. 对于史蒂夫来说,最好的事情就是我们解雇了他,叫他滚蛋。亚瑟罗克之后说道。 The th

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Rand flew out to Palo Alto and spent time walking with Jobs and listening to his vision. 兰德飞到了帕洛奥图,同乔布斯一同走了走,听取了他的构想。 The computer would be a cube, Jobs pronounced. He loved that shape. It was p

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Machines and robots were painted and repainted as he compulsively revised his color scheme. 由于他强迫症似的不断修改配色方案,机器和机器人被喷涂了一遍又一遍。 The walls were museum white, as they had been at the Macin

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But he still had his spirit and charisma. 另一方面,他仍然保持着自己的精神和领袖魅力。 There were plenty of field trips, visits by akido masters, and off-site retreats. 乔布斯组织了大量的实地考察以及外出集思会,

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Joanna Hoffman, the veteran of the Macintosh team who was among those willing to challenge Jobs, did so. 麦金塔团队的老成员乔安娜霍夫曼是敢于挑战乔布斯的人之一,她又一次这样做了。 Reality distortion has motivation

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Perot to the Rescue 救星佩罗 In late 1986 Jobs sent out a proposal to venture capital firms offering a 10% stake in NeXT for $3 million. 1986年底,乔布斯向风投公司发出了招股说明书,300万美元可购买NeXT公司10%的股份。

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Jobs did indeed need one, badly. But he was careful not to show it. 乔布斯确实需要,非常需要。然而他也足够冷静,没有表现出来。 He waited a week before calling back. 过了一周他才回复佩罗的电话。 Perot sent so

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Perot brought to NeXT something that was almost as valuable as his $20 million lifeline: 除了2000万美元的救命钱,佩罗也为NeXT公司带来了几乎同样宝贵的其他东西: He was a quotable, spirited cheerleader for the company, 他是

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The Computer NeXT计算机 During the early months of NeXT, Jobs and Dan'l Lewin went on the road, NeXT公司成立的最初几个月,乔布斯和丹卢因四处奔波, often accompanied by a few colleagues, to visit campuses and solicit opinions

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On a beautiful spring day in 1986, 在1986年春天的一个美丽的日子, they met in the publishing house's grand building in the heart of Oxford, 他们在牛津郡中心的出版社大楼见面, where Jobs made an offer of $2,000 plus 74 ce

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He is full of mannerisms. He bites his nails. 他有很多怪癖,包括咬指甲, He stares with unnerving earnestness at whoever is speaking. 还有用他那令人胆怯的认真劲儿盯着说话的人。 His hands, which are slightly and inexp

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Jobs's passion for perfection was out of control. 乔布斯对于完美的热情已然失控。 When he noticed a tiny line in the chassis caused by the molds, 当他注意到模具在机箱底盘上留下的微小细纹时, something that any othe

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Jobs decreed that the computer should be an absolutely perfect cube, 乔布斯规定,计算机必须是绝对完美的立方体, with each side exactly a foot long and every angle precisely 90 degrees. 每条边都正好一英尺长,每个角都是

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What made the request all the more astonishing to Eisenstat was that it was Jobs who, just a year earlier, 更令艾森斯塔特惊讶的地方在于,就在一年前, had forced frogdesign to abandon its work on Wozniak's remote control device. 乔

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