gizmodo.com — In the first segment of our Bill Gates CES 2008 interview, we asked the difference between Apple's approach and Microsoft's approach when it comes to product releases. Apple steers clear of products that might be iffy in their first iteration—portable music rentals; DVR—whereas Microsoft rolls out stuff that may not be quite ready. Bill's...
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corksterJan 8, 2008
Yeah, I don't think you quite understand marketing....
solistusJan 8, 2008
TheReport and DephexTwin said just about everything that needed to be said here. I never claimed that Steve Jobs was the first person to think of any of these things as technical possibilities. My argument is that Apple, under Jobs' leadership, has consistently taken risks to develop as-of-yet unproven technologies for wider market appeal. The description to this video suggested that Apple just takes already proven ideas and polishes them, which is untrue.
justbanterJan 8, 2008
Personally I have never met Bill Gates, but from what I've heard he's an assh**e to his employee's and tries to purposely intimidate them. My project manager used to work for him directly and they left Microsoft after 10 years because of the way the execs treated everyone, especially Bill. Four letter words in all the emails, and direct insults. My boss claims is public image is completely different from reality. Again, just what I heard..
Closed AccountJan 8, 2008
Sliverlight died a long time ago, sorry
midnightbrewerJan 9, 2008
Stealing someone else's kernel doesn't work if they give it away for free and you publicly attribute your success to them.As for the iPhone, saying that Steve Jobs doesn't risk anything because he takes time to properly prepare something isn't a bad thing. The iPhone was still a risk for Apple as it was breaking into a new industry against the entrenched device makers using a device that is pretty unique in its own right (not the underlying technologies, but as a product, it's still a first.)
sirflibbleJan 9, 2008
apologies for being a fallible human and typing "hardware" instead of "software" I hope that the gods of Digg will forgive such a ignorant mistake on my part. and yes when referring to file formats Macs will ready pretty much every type of file around (with the exception of executables obviously without the help of bootcamp). Windows tends to accept a lot, but not as many formats. As I said this has to do with when being a smaller market share you have to make sure that your customers can communicate with the larger segment of the market.
dsellers2005Jan 12, 2008
Admit it people. It is the difference between Gates and Jobs that makes the argument of Mac vs. PC, so much fun. It will be a sad time when Gates steps down. Who will be the face of Microsoft? Steve Ballmer!!!!??? Lord have mercy!Just remember, the image Steve Jobs has worked on to present to the public is all about strategy. He is a cult leader and look at what he has done not only for Apple, but for the PC industry as a whole. Bill Gates is also strategic about the public image he portrays too. Just sit back and enjoy the ride these two pioneers have and will take us on. Just be ready to grit your teeth when Ballmer comes to the forefront.
eerbin13Mar 14, 2008
And there are tons of closed source programs that are utter crap too. So don't generalize... I mean have you ever used Norton GoBack?AND PEOPLE PAY FOR THAT PROGRAM!!!!
foster90May 24, 2008
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55isabiglieAug 7, 2008
Fremeer, some very good points, especially the legacy Windows app issue.Also, yes I acknowledge gaming was a good move for them long term- and there is a lot of good innovation there. The highest compliment I could give them is, despite the hardware glitches, the fact that XBox 360 is still on the top of my list of game systems.I mainly had the Windows stuff in mind however at the time of my comment.--Cheers as the Brits say, 55
kibibytebrainFeb 14, 2009
@keyboardduder Bill Gates had gone on the PARC tour too, so to say MS "stole" from Apple is not accurate as it is portrayed in the film. What they did do was mislead Apple into thinking they were strongly committed to the Mac when they were not.