乔布斯传 第419期:消灭兼容机(1)

 Killing the Clones 消灭兼容机

One of the great debates about Apple was whether it should have licensed² its operating system more aggressively 关于苹果的激烈争论之一，就是它是否应该更积极地把操作系统

to other computer makers³, the way Microsoft licensed Windows. 授权给其他电脑厂商，就像微软授权Windows那样。

Wozniak had favored that approach from the beginning. 沃兹尼亚克从一开始就赞成这种做法。

"We had the most beautiful operating system," he said, “我们有最漂亮的操作系统，”他说，

"but to get it you had to buy our hardware at twice the price. That was a mistake. “但是要想拥有这个系统你必须花双倍的钱购买我们的硬件。那是个错误。

What we should have done was calculate an appropriate price to license¹ the operating system." 我们本应做的，是计算一个合适的价格来授权这个操作系统。”

Alan Kay, the star of Xerox⁴ PARC who came to Apple as a fellow in 1984, 艾伦·凯是施乐PARC中心的明星，他1984年加入苹果，

also fought hard for licensing⁵ the Mac OS software. 也致力于实现Mac操作系统软件的开放授权。

"Software people are always multiplatform, because you want to run on everything," he recalled. “软件人员总是要在多平台上工作的，因为你想让软件在各种机器上运行。”他回忆说，

"And that was a huge battle, probably the largest battle I lost at Apple." “同时，那也是一场重大的战役，很可能也是我在苹果输掉的最大一场战役。”

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 licensed   

adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
• Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？

3 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 xerox   

n./v.施乐复印机，静电复印

参考例句：

• Xerox and Lucent are two more high-tech companies run by women.施乐和朗讯是另外两家由女性经营的大科技公司。
• You cannot take it home,but you can xerox it.你不能把它带回家，但可以复印。

5 licensing   

v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句