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Bill Gates on Steve Jobs
- juliano_q 15y agoThis remember me about the Prost and Senna relationship. It is impressive how much we lost when our biggest 'rival' pass away. When Senna died, Prost stated that "a part of himself had died also", because their careers had been so bound together.[40] Senna had also felt the same when Prost had retired at the end of 1993, when he admitted to a close friend that he had realised how much of his motivation had come from fighting with Prost. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Prost#Rivalry_with_Ayrton_Senna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Prost#Rivalry_with_Ayrton...
- dbattaglia 15y agoFor all the amazing contributions, fierce competition and larger than life personas of both Jobs and Gates, it really takes something like this to remember that when all is said and done, they are both just human beings sharing the same experiences and ups and downs we all do. Thanks to both of you for all that you've done for people like myself. Even though most of us never knew you personlly, we'll all miss you Steve!
- ggchappell 15y ago> "... an insanely great honor." Nice phrase.
- jessedhillon 15y agoIn case you didn't know, "insanely great" is a reference to the demo of the first Mac: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KkENSYkMgs#t=4m50s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KkENSYkMgs#t=4m50s
- eavc 15y agoThanks. I hadn't caught that.
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- pcj 15y agoSteve on his relationship with Bill Gates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8K1yexO6s&feature=player_detailpage#t=138s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8K1yexO6s&feature=playe... This interview is one of my fav. I just marvel at Steve's impeccable clarity of thoughts!
- fpgeek 15y agoGates' statement makes me really feel the generational shift in the computer industry. They were the two largest figures of their generation and now...
- thetruthsayer 15y agoNow we have Zuckerwanker. Time to move to emptying bins for a living.
- maigret 15y agoRight. Jobs passing away is now an opportunity for some leader to inspire Silicon Valley and the world. Life goes on.
- channelmeter 15y agoFrom the All Things D conference: "There's that one line in that one Beatles song, 'You and I have memories that stretches out longer than the road ahead' and that's clearly true here." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8K1yexO6s&feature=player_detailpage#t=138s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8K1yexO6s&feature=playe...
- tobylane 15y agoThe only time I saw Jobs laugh other than something scripted at WWDC, was when he was talking with Gates (things like "Bill taught the world the important of ctrl, alt and del").
- wuster 15y agoEvery superhero needs an archrival. In many ways - they helped build each other's careers. I don't doubt Bill Gate's sincerity here.