The World According to Nick - Comments on Steve Jobs - The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Comment by Nick on "Steve Jobs - The Man, The Myth, The Legend"

suppressed@unknown.org (Nick) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:35:48 GMT

The dollar amount may have been relatively small... but as you say, the Office commitment had value in and of itself that helped keep Apple afloat in many ways. But what I found to be most interesting was the way that Bill Gates himself was on that big screen, looking down on Steve Jobs as Jobs gave great praise to Microsoft and its products while the crowd jeered. Back in the days when it really was viewed as a Microsoft vs. Apple war... it was a surreal moment if nothing else. And when we look back on it now, it seems even stranger.

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Comment by scott on "Steve Jobs - The Man, The Myth, The Legend"

suppressed@unknown.org (scott) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:31:30 GMT

Steve had a gift for recognizing what was broken in our technological lives and then fixing it. Like the MP3 player. LIke the mobile phone. Hell, like the personal computer itself.

I think you overstate the whole Microsoft investment thing. Even back at that low point, $150 million was merely a gesture; it wasn't "ownership" in any meaningful sense. It was too low a dollar amount, and it was non-voting stock anyhow. Far more important was the agreement to continue selling Office to Mac users.

Posted by: scott