2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
While the name of Steve Jobs is associated with technological progress, Gates is more often remembered as "the richest man in the world." A former Microsoft employee who worked while Gates was running the company on why Microsoft's creator should be idolized.
According to Balaji Viswanathan, the media made Jobs an icon. At the same time, Gates became an icon for other people - say, for the elderly in the United States or for children in India. But you will hardly hear it from them.
Balaji believes that it was Gates who made the computer available in large quantities - an achievement that cannot be underestimated. Jobs, in turn, also changed lives, but rather in the direction of convenience and fashion. This primarily affected the lives of people with middle and high incomes.
According to Balaji, he switched to Apple technology himself and believes that Jobs deserves his role as an icon, as he revolutionized the computer field. But the fact that people can now use technology is primarily due to Gates and only then to Jobs.
It's also worth noting that people love stories of failure, which then lead to good fortune. Jobs was fired (), he had setbacks, but in the end all this led to the fact that Apple became the most valuable company in the world. Microsoft, on the other hand, has always been stable and at the best of times owned 90% of the market. You can't write such a beautiful story about it.
Plus, Jobs was eccentric. Many even called him a scum. And what can we say, we sympathize with such individuals, especially when their disadvantages do not affect our life.
Finally, Balaji believes that one should not forget about Gates' philanthropic work. The $ 28 billion he invested in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an impressive figure.
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