THE ATTACHMENT-LOATHE RELATIONSHIP OF BILL GATES AND STEVE JOBS.
Two Most successful companies in the world Apple Microsoft The legacies have begun by two people With their great vision Years of hard work and struggle They have achieved their goals. And those two are non-other than Apple founder steve jobs Microsoft founder Bill Gates Starting off as two aspiring youngsters How did they go onto dominate the digital era What is the rivalry between these two? Did Bill Gates cheat Steve Jobs? If you want to know the answers read it till the end.
THE BEGINNING OF TWO ENTREPRENEURS
Let's get started 1974 A company named Altair released a personal computer A 19-year-old boy and his friend Wrote a program for that computer And acquired a deal with the company that 19-year-old boy is none other than Bill Gates After this deal with Altair Bill Gates and his friend Allen dropped out of Harvard university And floated their own company named Microsoft In 1975 A 22-year-old college drop out Went to India in to understand spirituality and returned back to California And he is Steve Jobs Wozniak, a friend of Steve Jobs.
THE START OF A GREAT FRIENDSHIP
Connected a TV screen to a computer and started using it as a display This is what we call as monitor now Steve Jobs realized that it is a revolutionary idea He believed that this idea will change the future of personal computers He tried to make deals with several companies But none of them believed in the idea But a small electronic company believed the idea And ordered 500 units And for this, Steve Jobs and his friend started working in a car garage And that was the first step of Apple into the digital world. Apple-1 did not get notable recognition in the market Steve Jobs was only able to sell a mere 200 units But this did not stop Steve Jobs. Next time, he made sure that processors work faster And came up with an attractive design that appeals to everyone Apple-2 was released into the market Apple-2 received a very good response. With this, the sales of Apple have grown enormously Apple 2 created a revolution in the computer industry in 1977 Even though Apple 2 worked really great for common usage The operating system of Apple 2 Did not support to run business software And that is when, Bill Gates offered Steve Jobs a deal to use soft cards developed by Microsoft in Apple 2 These soft cards allowed business software to run on apple 2.And that is when Steve Jobs and Bill Gates started Their journey as business partners and friends And with this deal, Both Apple and Microsoft developed at a rapid pace At that time More than half of Microsoft's revenue was from soft cards that were used in Apple 2. This shows the huge success of Apple 2.
On the other hand, IBM, a leading firm in the technology sector Tried to enter into the personal computers field IBM is a corporate giant that dominated any field it entered Bill Gates saw this as an opportunity, He made a deal with IBM to provide an operating system for their computers. And for this, Bill Gates brought an already developed operating system from a small software company. He renamed it as MS-Dos and gave it to IBM This deal helped Microsoft to develop at a rapid pace. On the other hand, Steve Jobs felt that he is not able to manage Apple properly He thought he needs someone better than him in marketing and managing the company Then Steve Jobs appointed Jhon Scully the president of Pepsi company As the CEO of Apple And then on Steve jobs started working on Apple’s new product Macintosh Steve Jobs showed Macintosh’s user interface to Bill Gates.
THE BEGINNING OF FUED
Bill Gates realized that it was very creative and simple for usage He then ordered his team to design a similar graphical user interface And with some more advancements, Windows operating system was developed by Microsoft Steve Jobs after knowing this Realised that the person whom he thought of as a partner and friend Cheated him And then in 1984 Even though Apple’s Macintosh was amazing by design The computer itself was very slow this resulted in a decline of the sales Steve Jobs promised a sale of 1 million units to the board members But not even half of that number were sold This model was a flop in the market Steve jobs following his vision Was accused that he is spending a lot on his innovative ideas Which is pushing Apple into losses and shareholders are not happy with the company the board members voted Steve Jobs out of the company and after Steve Jobs left Apple.
THE ONE WHERE BILL GATES HELPED STEVE JOBS AND APPLE
From then Apple changed Many CEOs but none of them achieved success as the time was going by Apple was going into much more losses Meanwhile, Microsoft launched windows and created a revolution in the software industry with Apple falling into losses Microsoft had no competition Apple then went onto the edge of bankruptcy And then Apple board realized that the company’s survival isn't possible without Steve Jobs They then requested Steve Jobs to become the CEO once again And after 12 years Steve Jobs became the CEO of Apple once again in 1996 Realised that the only way to revive Apple was to Bring in a lot of investments the company Steve Jobs approached for investments shocked everyone and that is Microsoft yes, in 1997 Microsoft invested 150 million dollars in Apple the reason behind this is Bill Gates was accused of not letting any competitors into the market He was also accused of monopoly Bill Gates had to face investigation of the judiciary committee So he thought if he invested in Apple It might help him prove the allegations false Bill Gates believed in Steve Jobs and invested in Apple And after this In the macOS launch event “Microsoft and Apple are working together, And we are very good partners”, said, Steve Jobs And in the very same event Bill gates also talked about their partnership This video surprised everyone back then And after many years Steve Jobs and Bill Gates joined hands once again.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CARRIES
From then Steve jobs brought many innovative ideas That drove Apple forward He is also taking care of each and every product of apple He made sure that users get connected to their products And ensured that the quality of Apple products is the best The iPod that was released in 2001 was a revolution We don’t think the iPhone released in 2007 needs a special mention The craze that these products have in today’s market is truly amazing And with such innovative ideas and attractive products Steve Jobs took Apple forward as a successful company And Bill Gates too built an empire of his own with Microsoft And went onto becoming worlds’ richest man.
Bill Gates further helped many needy people across various countries And became a philanthropist He also started the Bill Melinda foundation Which is the worlds largest private charity foundation With many business deals Strategies And pressures Steve Jobs and Bill Gates's journey continued. And as the days passed by Steve Jobs and Bill Gates became good friends They also started giving interviews together And after a few years Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer Bill Gates often met him during his final days Starting off as business partners, They have gone onto becoming rivals Finally, Steve Jobs and Bill gates remained as good friends starting from zero to Creating trillion-dollar empires These both are truly modern era legends.
Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.
-- STEVE JOBS
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