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This Video Makes Bill Gates Look Cooler Than Steve Jobs

gizmodo.com — OMG, I can hear the fanboys battling already. Here's a video from last night's CES 2008 keynote, Bill Gates' last for the foreseeable future. And I know its scripted, edited and contrived, but I'm sold: The man is a cool geek.

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  • ani625, on 01/07/2008, -40/+632I am not being a fanboy here but, Gates IS cooler than Jobs
  • TheAttacks, on 01/07/2008, -8/+371I thought it was pretty damn funny. . .
  • SRSco, on 01/07/2008, -20/+361I'm 100% Apple, can't really stand MS products.

    BUT: I'd much rather hangout with Gates than Jobs.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2008, -19/+351Bill Gates been cooler than Steve Jobs in my eyes.

    Gates have the Gates Foundation, what does Jobs have?
  • iheartartoo, on 01/07/2008, -8/+248Just don't quit your day job.
    Oh wait.
  • BLyn, on 01/07/2008, -1/+218They cut out the Al Gore part!?
    "No this isn't an inconvenient time... no no i get it Bill, good joke."
  • AGiantBear, on 01/07/2008, -10/+224To be honest, I think that Steve Jobs' amazingly irritating smugness and megalomania are what make Gates looker cooler than Jobs. (and this is coming from a long time Mac user)
  • natmaster, on 01/07/2008, -9/+143Jobs has the "I'm a self-centered arrogant bastard" Foundation.
  • tdelet, on 01/07/2008, -6/+115However anyone feels about Microsoft, Gates is doing more for the world with the personal wealth he has accumulated than anyone else--especially if you compare with egomaniacs like Jobs and Ellison.
  • Fyro, on 01/07/2008, -3/+95Bono and bill are charity buddies... they both are very very strong believers in helping the world become a better place. Visionary buddies if you will, and all the power to them for their charity work.
  • rikwakefield, on 01/07/2008, -1/+88lol - I respect anyone who can laugh at themself.
  • inactive, on 01/07/2008, -12/+84Why the hell is this being dugg? This exact video is ALREADY Digg's most popular story on the Top 10 list: http://digg.com/microsoft/Bill_Gates_last_day_at_M ...
  • inactive, on 01/07/2008, -11/+78He has an iPhone!
  • Azerael, on 01/07/2008, -2/+68Because if you ask for spare change, you'll never have to work again.
  • LostRiot, on 01/07/2008, -12/+75What's bono playing at, U2 ipods, now this! he's defecting...
  • norman619, on 01/07/2008, -5/+64Gates has always come off as a true geek. Jobs just comes across as an *****.
  • Chunken, on 01/07/2008, -2/+47I don't think I could hang out with Jobs for more than an hour without punching him in the face.
  • dkoon, on 01/07/2008, -4/+46You talked about stealing other's ideas, but look at the open source movement which is filled with office clones, photoshop clones, and all the other clones. In all these years, you guys tried to make Linux look more like Windows to get people to switch. Oh well, it's only stealing when Microsoft does it right?
  • MBX1, on 01/07/2008, -7/+48Ahhh bono: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY3NxPMYaAw
  • creep303, on 01/07/2008, -3/+41" BY ROSPAYA AT 06:58 AM

    It only shows that Bill is a down to earth guy who speaks his mind, unlike Jobs who's acting like he's walking two feet above all of us."

    A-*****-Men.
  • sindex, on 01/07/2008, -1/+38I have a friend who met Bill Gates while shopping at Wal-Mart. He said, "Hey, you're Bill Gates and you're shopping at Wal-Mart!" and Gates replied, "Yes I am and yes I am." Then he opened his wallet and tossed hundred dollar bills down all the aisles, while skipping and whistling "Zippidy Doo Dah."
    Anecdotal evidence of people's actions are pure wankery. Anyone can make it up at any point.
  • DIGGADEEP, on 01/07/2008, -1/+38i count this as the 3rd version of this video to hit the front page....
  • zengonzo, on 01/07/2008, -2/+37Well, what's he going to do, put on a leather jacket and hop on a motorcycle and suddenly become badass(tm)?

    When you're so far deep in the geek muck, you're better off wallowing in it.
  • Neoanarchist, on 01/07/2008, -1/+35First of all we have no reason at all to believe you so what is the point of posting this. Secondly in a business as cut-throat as this one where he's the industry leader and the worlds richest man it seems like his methods are working just fine tact and benevolence aside.
  • Dylson, on 01/07/2008, -0/+34Not that much. Probably hardly any. Jobs can suck a dick.
  • pevensen, on 01/07/2008, -1/+35This isn't even the full video! It cuts off in the middle. Stupid Gizmodo! Here's the full one: http://www.tweakvista.com/Article39218.aspx
  • HayString, on 01/07/2008, -4/+37How many billions has Jobs given to charity?
  • bobbydiamondz, on 01/07/2008, -2/+34Here's the lore that gets told at Apple: SJ to employee while in elevator,"So, what do you do for me?" Employee, stunned that SJ is talking to him, responds, "Uhhhh, I don't know... I.. Uhhhh...". SJ responds, "You don't know what you do? You're fired!". I'm sure people that work at Oracle have the same story about Larry Ellison, and people who work at Google have a similar one about LP, and people at [insert big corp name here] have a story about [insert big CEO/founder here].
  • Meatpuppet79, on 01/07/2008, -1/+32Bill Gates' foundation is working to wipe out a whole disease (polio). Thats pretty significant and a worthy legacy, alleviating suffering.
  • dotlizard, on 01/07/2008, -6/+37he's also hotter. i mean, well, it might not seem so to most people, i guess you'd have to have the dreams i have to understand ...
  • inactive, on 01/07/2008, -2/+32ewwww
  • serend, on 01/07/2008, -4/+32is it me or is the sound fubared on that video?
  • a0me, on 01/07/2008, -0/+28I guess that when you reach that level of wealth (or even a tenth of that) you stop thinking of work as a way to make money.
  • Radar3D, on 01/07/2008, -2/+29A Reality Distortion Field.
  • norman619, on 01/07/2008, -5/+31Another reason to think Jobs is a fool.
  • andyakadum, on 01/07/2008, -3/+28Not enough.
  • tgc1, on 01/07/2008, -3/+27When it all comes down to it, Jobs is just a really good salesman. He rode on the back of Steve Wozniak. Without Woz, there would be no Steve Jobs and no Apple.
  • Frogee, on 01/07/2008, -1/+25Not nearly as much as Gates actually...
  • norman619, on 01/07/2008, -4/+27You have proof Jobs does this? No? Then STFU.
  • Braingoo, on 01/07/2008, -2/+24This is one guy that can quit his day job, in fact if I was him I would have quit long ago and let someone else handle it.
    Do I want to get out of bed today. (looks at large pile of money on the floor) Nah let someone else handle it I'm good.
  • Fyro, on 01/07/2008, -2/+25Gates is just that cool. Deserves 3 frontage stories for all his charity giving :).
  • FredFredrickson, on 01/07/2008, -5/+25I was unaware that Steve Jobs was cool in the first place.
  • gebsta, on 01/07/2008, -0/+20full video - http://break.com/index/bill-gates-last-day-of-work ...
  • TailsTheMan, on 01/07/2008, -2/+22Video in the image section?
  • rglover, on 01/07/2008, -1/+20Bill Gates: "Am I ready to take my shirt off?"
    Matthew McConaughey: "Ummm, not yet."
  • tdelet, on 01/07/2008, -4/+23Sorry, but do feel that those guys (and those like them) should be doing a better job of giving back. Gates isn't just giving money, he is actually working to improve the world.
  • Cauterized, on 01/07/2008, -1/+19That made me cry on the inside.
  • norman619, on 01/07/2008, -2/+20How does Pixar help children?
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