6. 回歸Return（1）

6.回歸Return

在波士頓的Macworld大會演講前幾小時，喬布斯和蓋茨在電話中敲定了與微軟的合作InafewhoursbeforetheMacworldConferenceinBostontodeliveraspeech,JobsandGatesfinalizeapartnershipwithMicrosoftonthephone*1997年，蘋果公司在喬布斯的治理下重塑了團隊氛圍In1997,JobsgovernanceremodeledteamatmosphereinApple*WhatifAppledidn’texist?Thinkaboutit.Timewouldn’tgetpublishednextweek.Some70%ofthenewspapersintheU.S.wouldn’tpublishto-morrowmorning.Some60%ofthekidswouldn’thavecomputers;64%oftheteacherswouldn’thavecomputers.MorethanhalftheWebsitescreatedonMacswouldn’texist.Sothere'ssomethingworthsavinghere.See?

AppleboughtNeXTandIreturnedtoAppleandthetech#小說nologywedevelopedatNeXTisattheheartofApple'scurrentrenaissance.ThisApplethingisthatwayforme.Idon’twanttofail,ofcourse.ButeventhoughIdidn’t’knowhowbadthingsreallywere,IstillhadalottothinkaboutbeforeIsaidyes.IhadtoconsidertheimplicationsforPixar,formyfamily,formyreputation.IdecidedthatIdidn’treallycare.becausethisiswhatIwanttodo.IfItrymybestandfail,well,I'vetriedmybest.Time,August18,1997StanfordCommencementSpeech,June2005CNNMoney/Fortune,November9,1998*如果蘋果消失，世界將會怎樣？好好想想吧。

《時代》雜誌下周將不會出版，美國70%的報紙第二天都將停發，60%的孩子和64%的老師將不會擁有個人電腦。一半以上用mac創建的網站也將不復存在。看到了吧，蘋果的存在，事關重大。

蘋果電腦買下了NeXT，我回到了蘋果公司，我們在NeXT研發的技術成了蘋果電腦後來複興的核心。