Of computing hinged upon the eternal conflict between the "nerd" (Gates) and the "cool kid" (Jobs)?
The classic high school battle, amplified to global proportions.
Gates gets a bad rap for possessing a woeful lack of creativity, for turning of other peoples ideas into monopolistic VC wet-dreams.
Whereas Jobs gets all the kudos for "insanely great" creative vision. But the Mac world neglects remember that Jobs nicked the idea for a GUI from Xerox. And Apple never invented the MP3 player. They tried to establish their own proprietary media formats; like Quicktime.
Using it every day, Windows XP hasn't BSOD'ed on me since its launch in October 2001. So, "it just works" ain't just an Apple USP these days.
Please discuss.
The classic high school battle, amplified to global proportions.
Gates gets a bad rap for possessing a woeful lack of creativity, for turning of other peoples ideas into monopolistic VC wet-dreams.
Whereas Jobs gets all the kudos for "insanely great" creative vision. But the Mac world neglects remember that Jobs nicked the idea for a GUI from Xerox. And Apple never invented the MP3 player. They tried to establish their own proprietary media formats; like Quicktime.
Using it every day, Windows XP hasn't BSOD'ed on me since its launch in October 2001. So, "it just works" ain't just an Apple USP these days.
Please discuss.