Jobs and Gates
- From: Craig Koller <cwkollertwo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:41:10 -0700
Watched the excerpted video and report at:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/30/steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-historic-di
scussion-live-from-d-2007/
Look, if these guys can get along just fine, why the heck can't the
Win/Mac zealots?
Gates said an interesting thing. Microsoft had thrown all their weight
behind the Macintosh and the GUI back in the mid-'80s. The argument on
boards like this weren't about Windows/Mac but rather CLI vs. GUI and
the CLIers were insanely stubborn, including decrying the mouse...
Where are they now?
Microsoft, while selling DOS and some DOS apps (DOS Word primarily)
were selling Excel and Word for Mac. Vastly superior products but
overshadowed at the time by Lotus 123 and WordPerfect. Microsoft was an
absolute NOBODY when it came to applications on the PC. As Gates
mentioned, had Jobs remained at Apple, no doubt Apple would have
"differentiated" the Mac, but with Sculley/Spindler/Amelio, it was a
downward spiral into the commodity (with a foreign Moto chip) abyss.
He acknowledged that it was really Win95 that turned the tide. Two
years later, Jobs was back at Apple and the race was back on.
Competition is good. It's American. It doesn't have to be warfare -
most business strategists realize this is unprofitable for all
involved. Gates is getting ready to move on, and Jobs will be around
for a while but who knows? Eventually the computer platform religious
wars will have to end, hopefully with a whimper.
Nice to see Jobs and Gates are still friendly. Considering all they've
done and all they've been through, it would be a shame if they weren't.
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