Bill Gates interview in Sydney: Not coming back to MS, Slams Steve Jobs for calling MS products "Cra - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Bill Gates today ruled out ever returning to the helm of Microsoft and dismissed harsh barbs by his former arch-rival Steve Jobs. In an interview with Fairfax Media, Gates said Jobs was driven by the fact that "Microsoft machines outsold his machines by a lot".[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Gates, who plans to donate nearly all of his money to charity when he passes away, may be just as culpable as Ballmer for missing the new era in computing as he has been quoted questioning the viability of Apple devices like the iPod and iPad.[/QUOTE] [B]Gates on Jobs:[/B] [QUOTE]Gates and Jobs were the founders of the personal computing revolution and although they have displayed great mutual respect, over the years the competitors frequently took potshots at one another. Jobs recently said Gates was "unimaginative" and hadn't invented anything. Today, Gates said Jobs was "brilliant" and he enjoyed working with him on Mac software and also competing with him, but "because the Microsoft machines outsold his machines by a lot he was always kind of tough on Microsoft, but that's fine, he was a brilliant person". [B]'Tough things'[/B] "Our work at Microsoft was super successful for all good reasons but Steve made huge contributions and he actually in his last few years was a lot kinder than that but over the years he did say some tough things," Gates said today. Gates' approach – to license his software to all computer makers – contrasted sharply with Jobs's philosophy of controlling the entire user experience from top to tail. Gates' method saw Windows dominate the PC industry but the Jobs philosophy is proving powerful in the smartphone and tablet era. Gates has previously said of Apple's closed model: "The integrated approach works well when Steve is at the helm. But it doesn't mean it will win many rounds in the future." [B]'Crappy'[/B] Jobs said of Gates's open model: "Of course his fragmented model worked, but it didn't make really great products. It produced crappy products." Gates has previously described Jobs as "fundamentally odd" and while recognising his mesmerising effect on people, described him as "weirdly flawed as a human being". Jobs, who went on a journey of spiritual enlightenment in his younger years, said Gates would "be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger". But Jobs's harshest barbs came during an interview with his biographer, Walter Isaacson. "Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which is why I think he's more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology," Jobs told Isaacson. "He just shamelessly ripped off other people's ideas." Jobs has previously complained that Gates stole the idea of bringing a mouse-operated graphical user interface to Windows after seeing it on the original Macintosh. [B]'No shame' [/B] "They just ripped us off completely, because Gates has no shame," Jobs said in the biography, to which Gates replied "if he believes that, he really has entered into one of his own reality distortion fields". Of Jobs's technology prowess, Gates has said: "Don't you understand that Steve doesn't know anything about technology? He's just a super salesman." But in an internal email that previously surfaced, Gates was more charitable: "Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right, and market things as revolutionary are amazing things." When Jobs and Gates appeared on stage together in 2007 in a rare joint interview, Gates said: "I'd give a lot to have Steve's taste." [/QUOTE] [B]Gates on ... bringing his family to Sydney:[/B] [QUOTE]"They thought it would be fun to come down and see some of the neat places around Australia. Sydney is a great place and it's summer here. Wish it was a tiny bit warmer, but it hasn't been too bad" "Australia is making good increases" but "The other rich countries on average are doing even more. "I think it's important to get out to Australians that this kind of generosity really makes a difference. Actually the most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest."[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/bill-gates-speaks-out-in-sydney--on-microsoft-steve-jobs-and-the-weather-20111215-1owak.html"]Source[/URL]

[QUOTE]Gates, who plans to donate nearly all of his money to charity when he passes away,[/QUOTE] Bill Gates is great, isn't he?

I'm curious if he'd donate his organs when he dies, I mean just like his money, he won't need them when he's dead.

[QUOTE=Cone;33756309]Bill Gates is great, isn't he?[/QUOTE] He's like modern Andrew Carnegie.

[QUOTE=Roflking;33756386]I'm curious if he'd donate his organs when he dies, I mean just like his money, he won't need them when he's dead.[/QUOTE] At the age most people die of natural causes your organs are pretty worthless.

[QUOTE=Cone;33756309]Bill Gates is great, isn't he?[/QUOTE] Yeah it sure takes a lot of honor to give away all your money when you can't use it anymore. I'm not denying Gate's philanthropy, he does quite a lot for humanity, but giving away your money after you die isn't really that magnificent.

[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;33756485]Yeah it sure takes a lot of honor to give away all your money when you can't use it anymore. I'm not denying Gate's philanthropy, he does quite a lot for humanity, but giving away your money after you die isn't really that magnificent.[/QUOTE] Considering what money seems to do to most people - i.e. corrupt the shit out of them - I'd say he deserves applause for the mere fact that he's not a dick.

[QUOTE=Cone;33756521]Considering what money seems to do to most people - i.e. corrupt the shit out of them - I'd say he deserves applause for the mere fact that he's not a dick.[/QUOTE] Unlike Jobs where he didn't give jack shit to charity.

[QUOTE=TheJoker;33756535]Unlike Jobs where he didn't give jack shit to charity.[/QUOTE] -snip misunderstood-

[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;33756485]Yeah it sure takes a lot of honor to give away all your money when you can't use it anymore. I'm not denying Gate's philanthropy, he does quite a lot for humanity, but giving away your money after you die isn't really that magnificent.[/QUOTE] Jobs didn't do that. Most wealthy people give it to there sons and family members or put it in the company.

[quote]He just shamelessly ripped off other people's ideas[/quote] xerox called, they want you to shut the fuck up Steve

He should put it down on the U.S.'s $15trill Debt

[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;33756751]He should put it down on the U.S.'s $15trill Debt[/QUOTE] we'd just pay the banks for their generous decision to not burn our houses down after the first missed payment

[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;33756485]Yeah it sure takes a lot of honor to give away all your money when you can't use it anymore. I'm not denying Gate's philanthropy, he does quite a lot for humanity, but giving away your money after you die isn't really that magnificent.[/QUOTE] He's already given away a really significant, possibly 10 digit number to charity already.

[QUOTE=Kendra;33756777]He's already given away a really significant, possibly 10 digit number to charity already.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=HolyCrusade;33756485] I'm not denying Gate's philanthropy, he does quite a lot for humanity[/QUOTE]

Maybe when gates passes away, he would make xbox live, free?

[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;33756485]Yeah it sure takes a lot of honor to give away all your money when you can't use it anymore. I'm not denying Gate's philanthropy, he does quite a lot for humanity, but giving away your money after you die isn't really that magnificent.[/QUOTE] He probably means what's left after he dies. He's already given over $35b to charity.

[quote]Of Jobs's technology prowess, Gates has said: "Don't you understand that Steve doesn't know anything about technology? He's just a super salesman."[/quote] I could hardly agree more.

[QUOTE=Roflking;33756386]I'm curious if he'd donate his organs when he dies, I mean just like his money, he won't need them when he's dead.[/QUOTE] I want his brain :D

[QUOTE=Kopimi;33756742]xerox called, they want you to shut the fuck up Steve[/QUOTE] that's not hard, he's dead

Jobs is a real dick.

[QUOTE=Badballer;33757683]Jobs is a real dick.[/QUOTE] Although to be fair, he also has had some reputation for being very nice and thankful, seems like when he was in a bad mood, he was [I]really[/I] in a bad mood, and had access to journalists and microphones during said bad moods. He also was a hypocrite, like most famous people.

Wait, Gates left MS? Did I miss something? [editline]17th December 2011[/editline] Holy shit, it was more than 3 years ago!

[QUOTE=MisterSjeiks;33758117]Wait, Gates left MS? Did I miss something? [editline]17th December 2011[/editline] Holy shit, it was more than 3 years ago![/QUOTE] And before that he left his position as CEO in 2000 :v:

Man and people still think Steve Jobs was a godlike human being who revolutionised technology and did more for it than every other technowizz combined. I wish they'd release he was a gigantic dick.

Touche Gates, touche

[QUOTE=Eluveitie;33759908] I wish they'd release he was a gigantic dick.[/QUOTE] I'd question why you want to release Job's apparently gigantic dick, and why you know that... but actually I'd rather not. Gates got the last laugh I guess. I bet he killed Jobs.

[QUOTE=Contag;33760009]I'd question why you want to release Job's apparently gigantic dick, and why you know that... but actually I'd rather not. Gates got the last laugh I guess. I bet he killed Jobs.[/QUOTE]Jobs died inside a long time ago, and it was Microsoft that did it so indirectly Gates did kill him

[QUOTE=Badballer;33757683]Jobs is a real dick.[/QUOTE] Not that he has one in hell.

[QUOTE=Cone;33756521]Considering what money seems to do to most people - i.e. corrupt the shit out of them - I'd say he deserves applause for the mere fact that he's not a dick.[/QUOTE] I would hope that giving away his entire savings to charity would make him a little more than "not a dick". Like it or not, Gates earned his money. The fact that he is giving it away is something that is beyond amazing to me.