Gates stole somebody else's idea, sold it to IBM and then went on to steal the good-for-nothing one's (Jobs) idea in order to make even more money.
The good-for-nothing had made money, pretending to be some sort of genius, by using the work of an actual genius (who was too stupid to not be humble).
And the latter actually has CULT followers swearing in his name?
Oh, the humanity...
On a second thought, i respect Gates far more.
At least he wasnt moving around pretending to be some sort of apocalypse by stealing Wozniaks work.
Yes, pretty much exactly.
Best part is that the story is confirmed by nearly everyone involved in the years since the film was released.
On the other hand, and to be fair to Gates and Jobs, their genius friends were very unlikely to achieve the success (or even attempt to) that they enjoyed under the leadership of those men.
Gates poker skills, like bluffing, were world-class.
Jobs inspired loyalty that survives his death.
Don't underestimate those attributes.
"On the other hand, and to be fair to Gates and Jobs, their genius friends were very unlikely to achieve the success (or even attempt to) that they enjoyed under the leadership of those men. "
I tend to think the same.
Jobs inspired "loyalty" is more of a Stockholm syndrome than anything else.
Still i dont think he deserves 1/3 of the praise/fanboyism he gets.
sad but true
You'd think if you were in at the start of the computer revolution with a big cornerstone that the whole thing is built on you'd be able to just let the technology speak for itself and not be a ruthless borderline criminal business man - like you have to be normally to get ahead.
seems not though
Strictly technical people like Steve Wozniak would never be able to market their products without the help of business visionaries the likes of Steve Jobs. Bill Gates had technical skills but he was also very cunning in business and that's why he is where he is today.
shareThis isn't fair to Jobs.
I really have a lot of revulsion for Jobs the human and I hate Apple snobs and Jobs cultists who think he invented the underlying tech of the Mac, when in fact that was Xerox and Englebart at SRI, but I have to acknowledge the greatness of his vision and his uncompromising drive for creating the perfect "thing". He saw what the finished product should be and kept sending back the engineers until they had manifested his vision. He was a creative genius and was more responsible than any other person for the modern GUI-style PC and for the modern smartphone we take for granted. Smartphones were practically unusable before the iphone. The last mile to making tech accessible and enjoyable is the hardest mile of all.
As for Gates, PC OSes weren't such a big deal. Bill G. tried to hook up IBM and Gary Kildall, the CP/M guru, but Kildall made it a little too difficult for IBM and they came back to Gates. So Gates PURCHASED the OS from a third party. Having the OS wasn't the big deal but the CONNECT with IBM which Microsoft had because they were a very successful applications company, that the PC industry relied on for other things, was earned.