(#2) The Two Met In The Late 1970s And Started To Work Together
As Jobs and Wozniak developed their Apple computers, they were interested in using Gates' computer software. They met in the late 1970s and by the early 1980s, Jobs had reached out to Gates about creating programming language for Apple's personal computers. For his part, Gates had signed a deal with IBM, the dominant computer producer of the day.
Jobs went to Seattle, where Gates was based, and they reached an agreement for Microsoft to develop software for Apple. Gates would put together a spreadsheet program (Excel), a word processing program (Word), and BASIC, an easy-to-use programming language.
(#10) Jobs Was Highly Critical Of Microsoft Products
Although not at Apple anymore, Jobs didn't hold back in commenting upon Microsoft and their products. He accused Microsoft of producing "third-rate products," but went even further claiming that, "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products."
Whether or not this was a criticism or a compliment isn't entirely clear, but Gates said Jobs "really never knew much about technology, but he had an amazing instinct for what works."
(#8) Jobs And Gates Took Stabs At Each Other's Personalities
Jobs, who spent time in India, dabbled in psychedelic drugs, and considered himself to be a pretty enlightened guy, criticized Gates for being too focused on business. They were very different people, that was clear, with Jobs calling Gates a "stick in the mud" and positing "he’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." Gates just thought Jobs was odd and a "weirdly flawed as a human being."
(#9) Jobs Left Apple In 1985 While Microsoft Took Over The Computer World
After a dispute - or several, the details aren't clear - with new Apple CEO John Sculley, Steve Jobs left Apple in 1985. Sculley claims he was never fired but, regardless, Jobs was out of the company and set up another business venture, NeXT, which was unsuccessful. He rebounded with Pixar in 1995. Meanwhile, Microsoft Windows 95 had taken over the software market and Gates became the richest man in the world.
(#7) After The Release Of Windows, The Jobs-Gates Relationship Fell Apart
Once Windows was released in 1985, Jobs and Gates turned on each other. Jobs said "They just ripped us off completely, because Gates has no shame" and, in response, Gates claimed "If he believes that, he really has entered into one of his own reality distortion fields."
(#3) Gates Wasn't Impressed With Apple Or Jobs
With a deal in place, Gates went to Cupertino, California, where Apple was based, to demonstrate his software for Jobs and others. Gates didn't think that the Apple computer's capabilities - especially the graphics, which Jobs had played up to him - were all that inspired and he didn't like the way Steve Jobs treated him. Gates recalled that “It was kind of a weird seduction visit where Steve was saying we don’t really need you and we’re doing this great thing, and it’s under the cover. He’s in his Steve Jobs sales mode, but kind of the sales mode that also says, ‘I don’t need you, but I might let you be involved.’”
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Is there anyone who doesn't know Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the 21st century? Thanks to their great contributions to the development of technology and the Internet, so that you can read this article on this page now. Steve Jobs is the co-founder of Apple, Bill Gates founded Microsoft Corporation. They are considered to be iconic figures in the computer industry, both lead a team to create various electronic products that are popular all over the world, and profoundly change modern communications, entertainment, and lifestyles.
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