乔布斯传 第357期:向库比蒂诺蹒跚前进(4)

 　　The big bakeoff between NeXT and Be was held at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto on December 10, NeXT和Be的终极对决于12月10日在帕洛奥图的花园庭院酒店举行，

　　in front of Amelio, Hancock, and six other Apple executives. 评委包括阿梅里奥、汉考克和另外6位苹果髙管。

　　NeXT went first, with Avie Tevanian demonstrating the software while Jobs displayed his hypnotizing salesmanship. NeXT先上，由阿维·泰瓦尼安展示软件，而乔布斯尽情发挥他那催眠术般的销售技巧。

　　They showed how the software could play four video clips on the screen at once, create multimedia¹, and link to the Internet. 他们展示了这套软件如何在屏幕上同时播放4段录像，如何制作多媒体文件，如何连接互联网。

　　"Steve's sales pitch on the NeXT operating system was dazzling," according to Amelio. “史蒂夫推销起NeXT操作系统来让人眼花缭乱，”阿梅里奥说，

　　"He praised the virtues² and strengths as though he were describing a performance of Olivier as Macbeth." “他赞美着那些功能和强项，就好像他在描述奥利弗·斯通饰演麦克白是如何出色。”

　　Gassée came in afterward³, but he acted as if he had the deal in his hand. 之后加西上场，他的表现就像是胜券在握一样。

　　He provided no new presentation. 他没有作新的演示，

　　He simply said that the Apple team knew the capabilities⁴ of the Be OS and asked if they had any further questions. It was a short session.  只是说苹果团队知道BeOS的性能，问是不是还有其他问题。整个过程很短。

　　While Gassée was presenting, Jobs and Tevanian walked the streets of Palo Alto. 在加西作推介时，乔布斯和泰瓦尼安在帕洛奧图的街上散步。

　　After a while they bumped into one of the Apple executives who had been at the meetings. 过了一会儿，他们碰上了之前在评选现场的一位苹果高管。

　　"You're going to win this," he told them. “你们会赢的。”他告诉他们。

　　Tevanian later said that this was no surprise: "We had better technology, we had a solution that was complete, and we had Steve." 泰瓦尼安后来说，那并不出乎意料。“我们有更好的技术，我们有完整的解决方案，而且我们有史蒂夫。”

1 multimedia   

adj.多种手段的，多媒体的；n.多媒体

参考例句：

• Multimedia is the combination of computer and video technology.多媒体是计算机和视频技术的结合。
• Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.亚当提出了多媒体应用的问题，从而引发了许多有益的讨论。

2 virtues   

美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处

参考例句：

• Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
• She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。

3 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

4 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓