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Does this movie cover his rivalry with Bill Gates?


Saw Pirates of Silicon Valley I don't how much of that was fiction but their rivalry was interesting. Does this film cover any of that?

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Just one scene where he takes a glimpse of Microsoft's new OS and then calls Bill Gates and chews him out. Gates is never seen or depicted in the film.

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This scene would've been a good opportunity to show Gate's reply:

No, Steve, I think its more like we both have a rich neighbor named Xerox, and you broke in to steal the TV set, and you found out I'd been there first, and you said. "Hey that's no fair! I wanted to steal the TV set! - Bill Gates' response after Steve Jobs accused Microsoft of borrowing the GUI (Graphical User Interface) from Apple for Windows 1.0
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa043099.htm


Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) showed a lot more of the tension/friendship between Gates and Jobs.

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Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) showed a lot more of the tension/friendship between Gates and Jobs.

Which is precisely why I think this film did not. It was called "Jobs" after all.

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