10大遺產：喬布斯改變世界
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蘋果公司???? ????其實，喬布斯留給世人最大的遺產并非一部智能手機、一臺平板電腦或者一個操作系統(tǒng)，而是蘋果公司本身。這家擁有12,000名員工的公司曾一度處于被淘汰的邊緣。1997年重新執(zhí)掌公司以后，喬布斯將蘋果打造成全球最有價值的科技公司，超過了微軟和惠普（HP）等其他重量級競爭對手。這或許是世界商業(yè)史上最偉大的一次企業(yè)復興。 ????不論設計還是規(guī)模，最能代表這家公司偉大之處的或許就是即將投入使用的新總部大樓。蘋果新總部占地280萬平方英尺，其中包括300,000平方英尺的研究設施，一個1,000個座位的禮堂，一家發(fā)電廠和地下停車場。喬布斯曾經表示：“我想，我們確實在嘗試建筑世界上最完美的辦公大樓。”總之，凡是與蘋果公司相關的任何方面，他都力求完美。 ????譯者：阿龍/汪皓 |
Apple Inc.??????? ????Ultimately, Jobs' biggest contribution isn't just a smartphone, a tablet or an operating system, but Apple itself, a 12,000-strong organization that was once on the brink of irrelevance. Since his return to the company in 1997, Jobs has rebuilt it into the most valuable technology company in the world, surpassing other heavyweights like Microsoft or HP. It may indeed be the greatest turnaround in business history. ????Nothing better exemplifies that in design or scale than Apple's upcoming new headquarters, a 2.8-million square foot campus that will house 300,000 square feet of research facilities, a 1,000-seat auditorium, a power plant and underground parking. "I think we do have a shot at building the best office building in the world," Jobs said, who arguably wouldn't settle for anything but the best where any area of his company was concerned. |
