乔布斯传 第242期:盖茨和NeXT(3)

 　　Beneath their personal rivalry--and occasional grudging¹ respect--was their basic philosophical² difference.

　　在两人的争执以及偶尔不情愿地表示出的尊重背后，是基本理念上的差异。

　　Jobs believed in an end-to-end integration³ of hardware and software,

　　乔布斯看好硬件和软件集成的端到端一体化系统，

　　which led him to build a machine that was not compatible with others.

　　这就致使他要创造出与其他软件和机器都不兼容的计算机。

　　Gates believed in, and profited from, a world in which different companies made machines that were compatible with one another;

　　盖茨推崇不同的公司做出互相兼容的机器，自己从中获利，

　　双语有声读物 乔布斯传

　　their hardware ran a standard operating system (Microsoft's Windows)

　　这些硬件设备都运行同一个标准的操作系统--微软的Windows操作系统，

　　and could all use the same software apps (such as Microsoft's Word and Excel).

　　并都能运行同样的软件应用程序，如微软的Word和Excel。

　　"His product comes with an interesting feature called incompatibility," Gates told the Washington Post.

　　“他的产品有一个有趣的特点，就是不兼容性，”盖茨告诉《华盛顿邮报》说，

　　"It doesn't run any of the existing software. It's a super-nice computer.

　　“它不运行任何已有的软件。它是一台超级棒的电脑。

　　I don't think if I went out to design an incompatible⁴ computer I would have done as well as he did."

　　如果要我来设计一款不兼容的计算机，我觉得自己做不到他那么好。”

1 grudging   

adj.勉强的，吝啬的

参考例句：

• He felt a grudging respect for her talents as an organizer.他勉强地对她的组织才能表示尊重。
• After a pause he added"sir."in a dilatory,grudging way.停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声“先生”。

2 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

3 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

4 incompatible   

adj.不相容的，不协调的，不相配的

参考例句：

• His plan is incompatible with my intent.他的计划与我的意图不相符。
• Speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible.速度和安全未必不相容。