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Gates Shrugs Off Jobs Criticisms, Takes Credit for Mac's Success (Video) | |
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| Time: 10:32 EST/15:32 GMT | News Source: PC Magazine | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Philanthropist and ex-Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates put aside criticisms of him by the late Steve Jobs in an interview over the weekend, taking some credit for the Mac's creation as well. Gates claimed that Microsoft did "the key software" for the Mac, presumably its Office suite. Gates appeared on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour," ABC's topical news and interview show, on Sunday. (The video is embedded below.) There, Amanpour asked Gates about his role as the co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the state of the economy, as well as the late Steve Jobs. "Steve Jobs did a fantastic job," Gates said, characterizing him as someone who helped shape the role information plays within the personal computer, the Internet, and the phone. | ||
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| #1 By 7754 (74.94.83.33) at 11/2/2011 12:23:47 PM |
| The article has it more accurate than the headline: takes "some" credit, not "takes credit for...." Later on it seems to imply that Gates must be delusional in taking any credit, but I think he's tactfully (more apparent in the video than the transcription) making sure history isn't rewritten about Microsoft's role in the creation of the Mac. This is hardly news--just look at the Mossberg interview with Jobs and Gates, where they talk about their collaboration going back further, where MS wrote floating point code for their implementation of BASIC whereas Woz handled the integer side. Their contributions extended beyond Office. |
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