Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates used to memorize employees’ license plate numbers so that he could keep track of when they were arriving at work and leaving. JHN3 5a+
微軟公司聯合創始人比爾·蓋茨曾通過記住員工的車牌號來觀察他們到達和離開公司的時間。 C[:Q?LE
Gates, who is now co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, described his intense management style from Microsoft’s early days during an interview on the BBC Radio 4 program “Desert Island Discs.” ^+:_S9qst
蓋茨是比爾和梅琳達·蓋茨基金會的現任聯合主席，他在英國BBC第四廣播電臺的節目“荒島唱片”中自爆在微軟創立初期曾非常嚴苛地管理公司。 X]q,A5g
"I had to be a little careful not to try and apply my standards to how hard others at the company worked. I knew everybody’s license plate so I could look out the parking lot and see, you know, when people come in,” he said. “Eventually I had to loosen up as the company got to a reasonable size." (S+tQ2bt
“我需要提醒自己不能再用對自己的標準去要求公司員工了。我知道每個人的車牌號，所以我只要觀察一下停車場，就可以知道他們什么時候到達公司。但是公司規模擴大到一定程度以后，我不得不放松下來�！� I(E1ym
Gates was 19 when he dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. He stepped down as the CEO of the software giant in 2000 and stepped down as the company’s chairman in 2014. Ek'
蓋茨1975年從哈佛大學退學，與保羅·艾倫一起創辦了微軟公司，那時候他只有19歲。他于2000年辭去這個軟件巨頭公司首席執行官一職，并于2014年不再擔任微軟董事長。 zO`54^
The philanthropist also described his relationship with Apple co-founder and tech icon Steve Jobs during the radio interview. ,D-V C{lj
在電臺訪問中，這位慈善家也談到了他和蘋果公司聯合創辦人、科技屆標志性人物史蒂夫·喬布斯的關系。 7 >EjP&l
"Steve really is a singular person in the history of personal computing in terms of what he built at Apple,” he said. “For some periods, we were completely allies working together - I wrote software for the original Apple II. Sometimes he would be very tough on you, sometimes he’d be very encouraging. He got really great work out of people.” GeN8_i[
“史蒂夫在蘋果公司有卓越的成就，他絕對是個人計算機歷史上獨一無二的人物。有一段時間，我們作為合作伙伴在一起工作，那時候我在為蘋果二代編程序。他有時候非常嚴苛，有時候又會給人鼓勵。他可以把人們的無限潛能激發出來�！� )+[IR
Gates also described how his relationship with Jobs changed over the years. The former Apple CEO lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in 2011. GYot5iLg
蓋茨還描述了這些年他和喬布斯之間關系的變化。這位蘋果公司前任執行總裁在2011年因胰腺癌逝世。 VmrW\rH@
"In the early years, the intensity had always been about the project, and so when Steve got sick, it was far more mellow in terms of talking about our lives and our kids,” he said. “Steve was an incredible genius, and I was more of an engineer than he was. But anyway, it was fun. It was more of a friendship that was reflective, although tragically then he couldn’t overcome the cancer and died." FA\gz?h
“早些年，我們因為工作高度緊張，史蒂夫生病后，我們的談話變得非常溫和輕松，都是在討論生活和孩子。他是絕妙的天才，和他相比，我只是一名工程師。這一切都很有趣。我們之間的關系更像是朋友，但是很不幸他最終沒能戰勝癌癥，離開了我們�！� 9I/o;Js
On “Desert Island Discs” guests are invited to choose the eight records that they would take with them to a desert island. Among his selections, Gates chose “Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Queen, Jimi Hendrix’s “Are You Experienced” and “How Can Love Survive” from “The Sound of Music.” Rxld$@~-(]
“荒島唱片”這個節目會請嘉賓選擇八張想要帶去荒島的唱片。蓋茨選擇了大衛·鮑伊和皇后樂隊的"Under Pressure",吉米·亨德里克斯"Are You Experienced", 和音樂之聲原聲帶"How Can Love Survive".
