Gates and Steve Jobs, also enemies and friends for 30 years

One was "sitting on the top of the world", and the other was called "Return of the King ". Gates and Steve Jobs have been playing against each other for many years. They are not only enemies but also friends.

 

In May 26 this year, Apple's market value exceeded that of Microsoft. It is speculation that the 30-year grievance between Microsoft's president gates and Apple's boss Steve Jobs will continue? The two of them, a gentle and restrained, a domineering, a rational pursuit of practical, a fashion exquisite taste. They are so incompatible, even "harsh words", and so understand each other.

Steve Jobs once borrowed a line saying that the memories he and Bill share are "Longer than long distances ". Gates and jobs' two leaders fought for many years and finally ended in Gates donation. In addition to the "Steve Jobs vs. Gates" game, it is estimated that they will not be able to see it in the future.

 

Nerd and rebel

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were both born in 1955. The two companies were also born in 1975 and 1976. They have been working together in the IT industry for more than 30 years. Both of them are university graduate students. Gates entered Harvard University in 1973 and dropped out of school two years later. He founded Microsoft together with his childhood partner Alan. Steve Jobs dropped out of his school after half a year of schooling at the high-cost Reid School in Oregon. He thought it was a waste of time and money for his parents to study courses he didn't like, however, he spent another year and a half to attend calligraphy and other courses he was interested in at school. Later, he sold a self-made device that could call long distances for free with his friends and founded Apple with the money he earned. They started from scratch, and now their corporate assets have all exceeded $200 billion.

Despite having many things in common, gates and jobs are two very different people. Gates is a typical "nerd" image, which has not changed for decades. Steve Jobs was a handsome guy when he was young. He had a good eloquence and liked the limelight. When he was older, he also liked to wear black high-neck sweaters, jeans and New Balance shoes. Gates is gentle and low-profile. Apart from dropping out of school and starting a business, personal life is still more traditional and disciplined.

Steve Jobs is much more "anti-traditional" and rebellious. He was a young man with long hair, smoking marijuana, having studied Buddhism, traveling to India, and not seeing the master he was looking, instead, he realized that Edison had a greater impact on mankind than Buddha. Steve Jobs is also unruly and often cries out to employees. He is on the "Bad Boss hall of fame" list in Forbes magazine. In the eyes of some people, Steve Jobs may be an intolerable controller and self-manger, but in the eyes of others it is full of personal charm and leader light. In the same way as Forbes magazine, he was listed as a good boss. His company also has a large number of followers who worship his foresight and courage.

 

Cross-Time and Space"

In the past 30 years, Apple and Microsoft have been fighting for a long time. Steve Jobs and gates have also made public comparison. Fortune magazine summarized several classic cross-temporal "scolding ".

Both of them are not interested in each other. In an interview with the Seattle Times in November 1985, Gates said: "Steve Jobs has made apple employees lose team awareness. For companies of the size of apple, team awareness is essential. In this regard, I did better than Steve Jobs ."

12 years later, in the face of the New York Times, Steve Jobs turned to the opposite person: "I think he and Microsoft are both a little narrow. If he can be less harsh or find a place to practice when he is young, then he will become an open-minded person." In an interview with computer system news in July 1989, Steve Jobs said: "Microsoft does not want us to succeed, and they are not prepared to help us ." In November of the same year, it was also the same media. Gates said in an interview: "If Steve Jobs's computer is successful, I will be confused ."

The products of the two companies did not escape their ridicule. In June 1999, Steve Jobs said in a program by a U.S. public broadcasting corporation: "The only problem with Microsoft is that it has no taste or taste at all. It has developed some third-stream products ." In an interview with Reuters on May 2005, Gates said: "like Apple Computers, iPod success will not last for a long time ." In August 2006, Steve Jobs said at Apple's "Global developers" Conference: "Our friends in redmon have invested as much as $5 billion in R & D, but they are copying Google and apple. Maybe this is the best proof that money is not omnipotent ." "Today, hackers can successfully intrude into Apple computers every day," Gates said in an interview with newsweekly. In contrast, wi ndows is safer ."

 

Friendly enemy

Microsoft and Apple are well-known competitors. In private, what is the relationship between gates and jobs? At the beginning of their business, they once cooperated. Microsoft once added the floating point computing function to the basic programming language of Apple II. Gates also went to Apple to debug the machine and earned $31 thousand for Microsoft. Gates revealed that Steve Jobs ran to them from time to talk about the future.

According to many media reports, they had a good relationship with each other and often brought together their girlfriends. Later, after Gates moved the company to the state of Washington, the two fell short. Although the two companies have been in opposition for most of the time since, they still have cooperation. In 1989, Microsoft and Apple joined the alliance to fight against adobe. In 1997, Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy, with its share price dropping from $60 in 1992 to $17 at the end of 1996. Microsoft offered help and bought $0.15 billion in Apple's shares, then, an Internet Explorer is built into each Apple operating system.

The two of them rarely show up in public, but two of them are famous. One time, two people posted the cover of Fortune magazine in 1991, and they sat side by side on the stairs, with the cover entitled "The Future of PC ". In recent years, the most open meeting was held in the Wall Street Journal in May 2007. The two were interviewed for a long time. Show most

When the host asked them what was the biggest misunderstanding, Steve Jobs joked that "we have kept the secrets of marriage for 10 years ". Gates seemed confused, but he thought for a moment and said, "I don't think we have any gaps. Steve feels great ." Later, what Steve Jobs said was encouraging. He said, "When Bill and I were just in this industry, we were the youngest, and now we are the oldest in our respective companies. The song of the Beatle sang, 'you and I, have longer-term memories than the long road '."

From that historic open conversation, we can see the real relationship between Steve Jobs and gates. They share experiences and memories. Most of the memories of the past are pleasant. They can understand and appreciate each other. Some critics pointed out that they are friendly opponents. On the private side, they get along well, but in terms of company interests, they have to become enemies.

 

They are all contemporary legends

"In a sense, Steve Jobs is the opponent of Gates: He is a hardware master, not a software master;

He is a pioneer, not a follower. He is a creator, not a clone. He is a person who advocates breaking old habits, not a ruler of industry standards ." Times weekly commented. This year, when Apple's market value exceeded Microsoft, the Financial Times commented that this was the first victory of Steve Jobs, CEO who had the courage to develop and take risks. Alan duqiman, author of Steve Jobs's comeback, once commented on the difference between gates and Steve Jobs: "Gates is recognized as a great businessman, but he is eager to be seen as a visionary; Steve Jobs is seen as a visionary, but eager to be seen as a great businessman."

Some media in the United States believe that the current time is the return of the "King" of Steve Jobs. Compared with Apple, Microsoft is on the defensive trend and is even on the decline. Now gates will focus on philanthropy, while Steve Jobs is making every effort to launch the iPad.

Many media believe that their achievements will be recorded in history. Gates's windows is undoubtedly one of the greatest products of the last century. The Microsoft Empire led by Gates profoundly changed the way of human life with its innovative information technology, he was once referred to as the "person sitting on the top of the world", especially his transformation from an entrepreneur to a charity, which pushed him to an unprecedented moral level.

Compared with Gates, the legend of Steve Jobs does not seem to have reached its peak. What he brings to people is not only technology, but also the spiritual pleasure of those who better fit in this age. Steve Jobs not only changed computers, but also movies, music and phones. Many of Apple's products have become a symbol of pop culture. Industry comments once compared Steve Jobs to contemporary Edison, saying that Steve Jobs is more closely linked to the most important technological advances of the past 25 years than anyone else