What do I do for fun? I listen to podcasts. This single one was an interview session with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs at the D5 conference. It's verily worth listening to, or watching the video which is also ready on the d5.althingsd.com website. That interview sounds like two long-time friends talking about old times on occasion, and at other times, you are sharply reminded that these two guys verily shaped the world of personal computers.
One moving point , that was discussed, was the fact that advance in the operating systems for computers has been much more than the users have verily noticed, because it has happened incrementally. On the other hand, advance couldn't be more rapid because the user is only able to cope with small changes. On the other hand, in hand held device technology such as mobile phones, technology can be applied more daringly because the user has not formed allinclusive habits as yet.
Apple Macintosh
Apple started off developing and selling hardware in 1976, while Microsoft was the first dedicated software amelioration company started in 1977. In the meantime, Apple now sees itself as a software developer as well. The hardware that Apple produces is the peripheral machine to run the software on. Microsoft had a company culture of working with developers from the starting whereas Apple initially wanted to do all things themselves. Only much later Apple started working with developers. It could be one of the reasons why Microsoft is so much bigger.
What was verily marvelous to see, was what developments in the field of computer and communications technology both Jobs and Gates have lived through. One tends to forget that they have lived through thirty years of working in this environment. Jobs is credited with a greater capability to identify perfect designs for the consumer.
They spoke about the Macintosh, an Apple computer, that had 128k of memory, 22k of which was the screen buffer and 14k for the operating system. It is an indication of their brain that they not only have kept up, but are still guiding new technology such as the iPhone. And as they said that when they first started out they were all the time the youngest citizen in the room, now they are all the time the oldest.
During the interrogate time, an moving one that was posed dealt with guidance for citizen starting out with their own business. And both Gates and Jobs maintained what kept them going through the tough times was the fact that they loved what they were doing. You would need that they said because the constant worrying that you do, year after year, would make you give up the company otherwise. In both cases they also married and started their families quite late. They felt that the amount of time they had to spend at their associates would not be fair on a family. Check out the full interview. It's well worth it.
Two Computer Technology Icons Just Having A Chat
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