为了迎来苹果的下一篇章苹果一直在改革

2014-09-25 16:05:33来源：可可英语

　　This opening-up may need to go further, to keep up with Google's ecosystem. The internetgiant's services still beat Apple's. And it not only lets device-makers modify Android, but alsogives it away (albeit with conditions, such as the requirement to carry Google's services). “Apple v Android” could still end up a repeat of “Apple v Windows”: in personal computers Applelost the battle against Microsoft because it refused to license its operating system to otherhardware-makers.

　　为了赶上谷歌的生态系统，苹果的对外开放制度需要更进一步。目前苹果的服务仍逊于这家互联网巨头。谷歌不仅允许制造商们改造安卓系统，而且可以完全撒手不管(虽然这是有条件的，比如必须安装谷歌的某些服务)。“苹果VS安卓”的结局可能会和“苹果VS Windows”一样：在个人电脑市场，苹果因为拒绝向其他硬件制造商认证其操作系统，所以不敌微软。

　　Umberto Eco, an Italian novelist, once compared Apple's platform to Catholicism andMicrosoft's to Protestantism. The Macintosh, he wrote, “tells the faithful how they mustproceed, step by step”. By contrast, Windows “allows free interpretation of scripture...andtakes for granted the idea that not all can achieve salvation.” This still rings true today, butApple is clearly going through a Reformation.

　　一名意大利小说家恩贝托.艾克曾经将苹果比作天主教，而将微软比作新教。他这样写道：Mac电脑“告诉信徒必须沿着一个方向，一步一步坚定地走下去。”相反的，Windows则“允许对教义进行自由的解释，并且认为不是所有的想法都可以最终解决问题。”这些道理至今仍然受用，但是很显然，苹果已经开始改变并且将进一步改革。

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