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After a while the relationship became bumpier.
一段时间过后，苹果和微软之间的关系开始出现问题。
The original plan was to have some of the Microsoft applications—such as Excel, Chart, and File
双方最初的计划是将微软的一些应用程序，如Excel、Chart和File，
carry the Apple logo and come bundled with the purchase of a Macintosh.
打上苹果的商标，并且和麦金塔进行捆绑销售。
"We were going to get $10 per app, per machine," said Gates.
“每台电脑上的每个应用能给我们带来10美元的收入。”盖茨说道。
But this arrangement upset competing software makers.
但是这种方式令软件制造领域的竞争对手很不舒服，
In addition, it seemed that some of Microsoft's programs might be late.
此外，当时微软的一些软件程序可能会迟些才能完成。
So Jobs invoked a provision in his deal with Microsoft and decided not to bundle its software;
因此乔布斯援引合同中的某个条款，决定不预装微软的软件；
Microsoft would have to scramble to distribute its software as products sold directly to consumers.
这样，微软就得努力把自己的软件直接卖给消费者。
Gates went along without much complaint.
盖茨对此并没有太多抱怨。
He was already getting used to the fact that, as he put it, Jobs could "play fast and loose,"
用他自己的话来说，乔布斯“反复无常”，自己已经习惯了这一点。
and he suspected that the unbundling would actually help Microsoft.
而盖茨当时也在猜想，或许这种分拆实际上对微软有好处。
"We could make more money selling our software separately," Gates said.
“如果单独销售软件，我们能赚更多，”盖茨表示，
"It works better that way if you're willing to think you're going to have reasonable market share."
“如果你愿意相信自己能获得不错的市场份额，那事情发展成这样反倒更好。”
Microsoft ended up making its software for various other platforms,
后来，微软把软件卖给了其他各种平台，
and it began to give priority to the IBM PC version of Microsoft Word rather than the Macintosh version.
并在开始为IBM个人电脑开发文字处理软件Word后，立即停止赶工麦金塔版的Word软件。
In the end, Jobs's decision to back out of the bundling deal hurt Apple more than it did Microsoft.
乔布斯退出捆绑销售的决定，最终让苹果比微软更受伤。
When Excel for the Macintosh was released,
麦金塔版本的Excel软件发布时，
Jobs and Gates unveiled it together at a press dinner at New York's Tavern on the Green.
乔布斯和盖茨共同在纽约绿苑酒廊餐厅参加媒体答谢晚宴。
Asked if Microsoft would make a version of it for IBM PCs,
当被问及微软是否会为个人电脑开发Excel软件时，
Gates did not reveal the bargain he had made with Jobs but merely answered that "in time" that might happen.
盖茨没有透露他和乔布斯的契约，只是说“以后”可能会。
Jobs took the microphone. "I'm sure 'in time' we'll all be dead," he joked.
乔布斯拿过麦克风，开玩笑地说，“我相信，'以后'我们都会死。”
