Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Interviewed at All Things Digital

[yzp]

To create a new standard, it takes something that’s not just a little bit different, it takes something that’s really new and really captures people’s imagination, and the Macintosh, of all the machines I’ve ever seen, is the only one that meets that standard.”

–Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 1984

 

[Darkroom]

i love how steve jobs swings his crossed legs... it's so camp... love it...

 

[Julian02392]

towards the end of video 5 she says I know you have something beatiful that we will see later, to Steve. I'm excited

 

[AdeFowler]

That sounds like a great idea to me.
Did anyone else find the man and lady doing the interview annoying?
I just wanted to hear those two talk, but they kept saying some pretty dumb stuff.

Kara Swisher was pretty worthless in this panel, wasn't she? Seemed like her primary role was jumping in on Walt's questions to finish them for him, although he usually kept plowing ahead and finished his own thought.

Couldn't agree more. Steve and Bill were great, but the interviewers (especially Kara) were dreadful. Why was she there exactly?

 

[arkitect]

towards the end of video 5 she says I know you have something beatiful that we will see later, to Steve. I'm excited

No. I think that was just her attempt at being ironic… Steve had been saying all through the interview that he cannot show or tell…

SO no. Nothing to gleam from that alas.

 

[Apple Architect]

Anyone else seen this picture

Has anyone else seen this picture taken from the D event.

Something strange going on between the two of them

 

[rtdunham]

and Bill… all the money in the world and he still can't afford to buy a comb?

he loaned it to steve to buy a razor.

 

[TheSlush]

Steve Jobs' running shoes

For anyone interested, Steve Jobs' current running shoe of choice is the New Balance M992 Trainer in the "Cool Gray" color scheme.

P.S. MacRumors Administrators, with this one post alone, I feel that my user title should now automatically jump to "MacRumors Fanboy Geek Demi-God of the Universe." Thank you.

 

[tgildred]

hahaha

Just goes to show you.... those guys are a couple of nuts.

Has anyone else seen this picture taken from the D event.

Something strange going on between the two of them

 

[statikcat]

I have a pair of New Balance like those.. those are 40-80$ shoes! Lol.. I wonder how much Gates' shoes cost him

 

[Much Ado]

P.S. MacRumors Administrators, with this one post alone, I feel that my user title should now automatically jump to "MacRumors Fanboy Geek Demi-God of the Universe." Thank you.

What brand are his socks then?


Oh yeah- i think i already know:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=6C04E099&nplm=M9720G/B

 

[ChrisA]

"You and Me have Memories which are longer than the road ahead of us"

Steve's way of reminding us about Paul McCartney's new release on iTunes. I wonder how many of the younger listeners caught the reference?

I think the fact that he picked a quote from something titled "two of us" and "let it be" is not by chance either.

 

[torero]

steve's body language

you notice every once in awhile, while steve is speaking, he reaches down, towards his phone, maybe to use it to make a point and then stops himself.

Or maybe it is set to vibrate and someone is calling.

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

OUTSTANDING interview. They were very positive towards each other.

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

Kara Swisher was pretty worthless in this panel, wasn't she? Seemed like her primary role was jumping in on Walt's questions to finish them for him, although he usually kept plowing ahead and finished his own thought.

and she would make random odd out of place comments. She should NOT have been there.

 

[Apple Architect]

Just goes to show you.... those guys are a couple of nuts.

Interesting that Bill shaves and Jobs doesn't

 

[shigzeo]

the man is the man unto himself sure that

as much as jobs is a figurehead, he looks like a wolly here - too forthright, proud of himself and business and does not give microsoft or bill any face. he comes off looking like a hurt kid who cannot accept that the past is the past. sadly, i will have to say that gates was much more the gentleman in this. perhaps his travel around the world has softened the tiger

that... and why the white shoes with jeans... a pitiful teenage look

 

[dontmatter]

Bill's response was far more sincere and got me thinking that given the good works he is doing with the fortune that he has made through Microsoft, that from a humanity perspective, the best person may well have won desktop "war".

It would have been nice to see Steve Jobs profess a vision similar to Bill's but IMHO his response came across as not really thinking too much about the world outside of Apple. I'm Sure Steve Jobs is proportionally equally generous when it comes to charitable giving (although I must admit I'm not aware of his activity in that arena)

I have to agree -- bill gates might not make as great of products or be as good a speech giver, but he is probably the biggest philanthrapist in the history of the earth, and that deserves immense respect. I don't have the time to look it up right now, but Gates has given not just unimaginably vast sums in dollar value, but I believe somethign like 95% of his wealth, and more importantly, he has built a foundation around using that money to creatively and effectively solve global problems in ways that normally only govenrments can do. Steve Jobs, FYI, has done very little, at least that we know about, and is definately NOT proportionally equal in generosity.

I actually thought that difference between them was apparent in the interview -- Steve still seemed to want to answer questions with hype on current products and building marketing, whereas Bill was more honest and open and answered the question itself. Bill struck me as more genuine.

All in all though, this sure was fun to watch.

 

[bigbossbmb]

I really wanted Kara to go away the entire interview... she added nothing positive.


Other than that, the entire series of videos were fascinating to watch. I loved it.

 

[Cameront9]

as much as jobs is a figurehead, he looks like a wolly here - too forthright, proud of himself and business and does not give microsoft or bill any face. he comes off looking like a hurt kid who cannot accept that the past is the past. sadly, i will have to say that gates was much more the gentleman in this. perhaps his travel around the world has softened the tiger

that... and why the white shoes with jeans... a pitiful teenage look

Where have you been? That's just Steve. That's his personality. I'm glad he still wears jeans and tennis shoes...some of us refuse to grow up, you know. And though I haven't watched the video yet, from the transcripts I thought Steve acknowledged Microsoft's contributions to the business.

How do you define "Gentleman?" Personally, I think Gates no longer cares about Microsoft's dominance of the world as he once did. It's a part of his life, sure, but not as bid as he used to be.

 

[Evangelion]

I have to agree -- bill gates might not make as great of products or be as good a speech giver, but he is probably the biggest philanthrapist in the history of the earth, and that deserves immense respect.

Which would help the world more:

a) Bill Gates donating few tens of billions to charity

b) Bill Gates and Microsoft NOT causing the IT-industry to be 20 years behind from where it could be

?

I'd say that we would all be better off with option B. But thanks to Microsoft and Bill Gates, we are still in the stone-age.

 

[baleensavage]

Has anyone else seen this picture taken from the D event.
Something strange going on between the two of them

Just goes to show you.... those guys are a couple of nuts.

Interesting that Bill shaves and Jobs doesn't

ROFLMAO!
That's the funniest thing I've read/seen all day!

 

[LoganT]

Kara Swisher was treating Bill like a child. She would sometimes say to Mossberg "Now don't be mean to him".

 

[shigzeo]

Where have you been? That's just Steve. That's his personality. I'm glad he still wears jeans and tennis shoes...some of us refuse to grow up, you know. And though I haven't watched the video yet, from the transcripts I thought Steve acknowledged Microsoft's contributions to the business.

How do you define "Gentleman?" Personally, I think Gates no longer cares about Microsoft's dominance of the world as he once did. It's a part of his life, sure, but not as bid as he used to be.

it is exactly gates' non-dominion of the world that makes him a gentleman. i have not 'been anywhere'. i have never liked jobs' style. apple products are the best and it is good they have a visionary, but to steal sentences from gates and 'credit' if you want to call what he said about microsoft in the same span is too childish.

jobs truly has a component counterpart in the silly and foolish balmer - very much a fatter pc guy version of jobs, yet on crack or acid. i find the comparison between those two favourably nodding towards jobs as i do the comparison between gates and jobs nodding toward gates.

wwdc - cannot wait at all.

 

[ravenblue]

Steve + Bill video freezes my browser!?

Is it just me - or does anyone else have this problem when attempting to view the video(s) of steve and bill? If I attemt to load any page with a video one it - on everythingd.com and even the macrumors.com front page, I get the big ol' beachball. What's up with that!?