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An Emotional Bill Gates Talks About Steve Jobs on '60 Minutes'
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It's funny you should say that because in a weird sense when I look at the Apple logo that is how I see the chunk of the Apple missing, it's Steve.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, it's complicated
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, the ultimate frenemies. Throughout the years, Steve had a hard time keeping a consistent opinion about the boys in Redmond.
It reminds me of this video where we see Jobs praising, then bashing MS. A fun watch: http://everystevejobsvideo.com/steve-jobs-bill-gates-and-microsoft-its-complicated/
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, the ultimate frenemies. Throughout the years, Steve had a hard time keeping a consistent opinion about the boys in Redmond.
It reminds me of this video where we see Jobs praising, then bashing MS. A fun watch: http://everystevejobsvideo.com/steve-jobs-bill-gates-and-microsoft-its-complicated/
My thoughts exactly... How boring is news these days that we interview interviewers to get their take on the interview? If that lady also interviews Bill Gates, we'll end up with some kind of inception interview.
I think you may have misheard. Jobs didn't go because he was ill, not because Gates was there.
Care to elaborate?
One was better at growing a sustainable business model. The other believed in giving to those less fortunate since he had the means of doing so.
What you really need now is for Bill Gates to interview her about her interview with the guy who interviewed him.
Or to get really recursive Charlie Ross should really interview her about her interview with him.
OTOH, I have a life to lead. I downloaded it just the other night.
Care to elaborate?
There are so many examples to choose from, but i'll stick to one for now: one didn't try and escape parental responsibility, one did.
Is there a part they cut off at the end where Bill Gates bashes the iPad and tells everyone to buy a Surface?
*coughcough*
*coughcough*
I think you may have misheard. Jobs didn't go because he was ill, not because Gates was there.
Yes, but as Gates recalls it wasn't the fact he turned it down, but how he turned it down, not wanted to give the excuse he was sick.
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Now if only someone could transform Steve Ballmer in a similar way... but that's impossible
That's what happens when the Jester becomes the King. Still a Jester with royal clothing and a crown.
Between Cook and Ballmer, Cook is doing a much better job, but he's no Jobs yet.
Yes
Enough of the tear filled interviews. 60min trying to boost ratings.
Bill wishing he had a wife like Laurene who was supportive, and inspirational.
Malinda is neither. Just want's to control the Foundation and keep giving schools free crappy devices.
No more freaking interviews about SJ. Ask Bill when he is going to fire Ballmer!!
Enough of the tear filled interviews. 60min trying to boost ratings.
Bill wishing he had a wife like Laurene who was supportive, and inspirational.
Malinda is neither. Just want's to control the Foundation and keep giving schools free crappy devices.
No more freaking interviews about SJ. Ask Bill when he is going to fire Ballmer!!
Tim is like a young king who still needs to gain experience. Bu at least he's doing the best he can. Jobs had the guts to go against the board of directors when he wanted to push his visionary ideas, breaking all known to date rules to explore the unknown.
Ballmer is just a bad Jester with too much power.
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Where's the embedded video?
Don't tell me it is in Flash. That's obsolete junk.
Anyone that wants to achieve what Steve or Bill accomplished had to be ruthless to do it within a lifetime.
You're correct in terms of what you saw on the surface, but nobody knew who Jobs was behind the scenes. For all we know he could've been THEE humanitarian. Many times I find out celebrities I would've never expected that have been humanitarians for years.
While what Gates is currently doing is very good, you, me or any of us really don't know the motivation behind the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation or who was the person that came up with the idea before inception.
What people do in public and how they feel in private are sometimes two vastly different things. We don't know of the possible charitable donations made by Steve Jobs, just as we don't know the motivations for Bill Gates charitable work. In fact, what are his motivations in this interview regarding Steve Jobs?
Is this a chance to re-write history now that "the other guy" has passed? Is he attempting to siphon off for himself some of the good will people of the world feel for Steve Jobs? We just can't know for sure.
Many have been suspicious of the Gates Foundation and its partners focusing their "charitable work" outside of the US. Some feel this is a preemptive strike to enter the third world market and canonize themselves so that when a billion people finally get the purchasing power, they will choose "their savior" Windows. Even if it takes 20 years, the cost of this investment masquerading as charity is peanuts compared to the reward of dominating that enormous future market.
It's diabolical, yes, but that's Bill Gates for you
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