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An Emotional Bill Gates Talks About Steve Jobs on '60 Minutes'

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates was interviewed by Charlie Rose on this week's edition of the long-running television news program 60 Minutes, and part of the interview focused on Gates' relationship with Steve Jobs, including a few details of their final conversation before Jobs passed away in 2011.

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Gates grew emotional as he recalled visiting Jobs just before his death. The billionaire welled up as he described their last conversation, which he described as "forward-looking."

"He showed me the boat he was working on," said Gates, "and talked about how he's looking forward to being on it, even though we both knew there was a good chance that wouldn't happen."
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Embedded above is a "60 Minutes Overtime" follow-up interview of Charlie Rose talking about Gates and Jobs, interspersed with Jobs-related clips from the Gates interview. The full segment of Rose interviewing Gates is also available.

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The story about Jobs turning down a dinner with Gates is classic.

The full 60 Minutes interview is really interesting. Gates seems far more energized now than he ever seemed to be at Microsoft, and I have great admiration for what he's doing.
 
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I like Bill Gates (and Steve Jobs too). I think Bill is a class act, humble respectable and genuine. That was a nice interview.
 
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That was great!

I really enjoyed that! I like the new Bill Gates a lot better than I used to. I felt like that brought a sense to their personalities and friendship that I haven't seen very much of in the past.
 
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This is hilarious. They are interviewing the interviewer about someone else he interviewed.
 
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I wish you nothing but the best Bill, I hope you have the most amazing and productive years of your life ahead of you, the world needs more like you.
 
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jayducharme said:
Gates seems far more energized now than he ever seemed to be at Microsoft, and I have great admiration for what he's doing.
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Totally agree - even in those clips he seems more alive than he did. The footage from old interviews makes for a fascinating contrast with the modern interview. Great what he is doing. Great example for others also.
 
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Each time I see Steve speaking/presenting, I understand just what a presence he was at Apple, and for the brand in general.

Steve and Bill were there from the beginning, and I'm glad they got a chance at D to speak together.

For those here that have never read "Fire In The Valley," I would urge you to get to Amazon and get a copy. That was the first book I read on the PC revolution, what a great book that was.

Apple will always be a bite short of pristine now that Steve is gone.

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SandboxGeneral said:
I like Bill Gates (and Steve Jobs too). I think Bill is a class act, humble respectable and genuine. That was a nice interview.
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I agree completely, it's nice to see that he's being perceived that way now. His interviews are a total pleasure to watch these days.

Now if only someone could transform Steve Ballmer in a similar way... but that's impossible :D .
 
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wwchris said:
I really enjoyed that! I like the new Bill Gates a lot better than I used to. I felt like that brought a sense to their personalities and friendship that I haven't seen very much of in the past.
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Well, now that Bill no longer helms MS and has devoted his life to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he can be more circumspect than 25-30 years ago when the two were in the thick of it, and growing their respective empires.
 
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