乔布斯传 第422期:消灭兼容机(4)

 When a new version of the Mac operating system shipped in July 1997, weeks after he had helped oust¹ Amelio, 1997年7月，就在他协助解聘阿梅里奥几个星期后，新版的Mac操作系统发布，

Jobs did not allow the clone makers² to upgrade to it. 乔布斯不允许兼容机制造商升级到新系统。

The head of Power Computing³, Stephen "King" Kahng, organized pro-cloning protests when Jobs appeared at Boston Macworld that August 8月，当乔布斯出现在波士顿Macworld大会现场时，Power Computing公司总裁斯蒂芬·“国王”·卡恩组织了支持兼容机的抗议活动，

and publicly warned that the Macintosh OS would die if Jobs declined to keep licensing⁴ it out. 并公开警告说，如果乔布斯不继续授权，麦金塔操作系统只有死路一条。

"If the platform goes closed, it is over," Kahng said. "Total destruction. Closed is the kiss of death." “如果平台关闭，这个系统就完了，”卡恩说，“彻底毁灭。这是死亡之吻。”

Jobs disagreed. He telephoned Ed Woolard to say he was getting Apple out of the licensing business. 乔布斯不这么认为。他给伍拉德打电话，说他要把苹果从授权业务中解脱出来。

The board acquiesced⁵, and in September he reached a deal 董事会默许了这个决议，9月他就跟Power Computing公司达成协议，

to pay Power Computing $100 million to relinquish⁶ its license⁷ and give Apple access to its database of customers. 付给对方1亿美元收回授权，而苹果可以使用对方的用户数据库。

He soon terminated the licenses⁸ of the other cloners as well. 很快他也终止了对其他兼容机制造商的授权。

"It was the dumbest thing in the world to let companies making crappier hardware use our operating system and cut into our sales," he later said. “让其他公司在垃圾一样的硬件上使用我们的操作系统、蚕食我们的销售额，这筒直是世界上最愚蠢的事情。”他后来说。

1 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

2 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》

3 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

4 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

5 acquiesced   

v.默认，默许( acquiesce的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
• After a lot of persuasion,he finally acquiesced. 经过多次劝说，他最终默许了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 relinquish   

v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手

参考例句：

• He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
• They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

7 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。

8 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句