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Fuzzy Logic Bill Gates and Steve Jobs on stage, unscripted, this week at D5
Fuzzy Logic Bill Gates and Steve Jobs on stage, unscripted, this week at D5 | Bill Gates and Steve Jobs on stage, unscripted, this week at D5 |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 29 May 2007 | |
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Given the theme is the future, Gates and Jobs are both approaching it from different angles, and increasingly, compete in the same market segments, from PC’s to operating systems, music and video players, mobile phones and mobile operating systems, media centers, interface design, physical design and other IP. Both are highly successful and intelligent men, and although the event is billed as unscripted, they would naturally have thought about what they would say when facing each other on stage, being simultaneously interviewed before an audience of tech-savvy, influential people, all keen to hear what two of the IT industry’s most powerful players have to say on the future of the information technology we all use and mostly love every day. We can certainly hope for and expect a riveting discussion, guided by two of the industry’s most seasoned technology journalists. Whatever happens, there’s high anticipation that the interview will be powerful and memorable. We’ll also be looking to see what they’ll be wearing, given the obvious allusion to the ‘I’m a Mac and I’m a PC’ ads that are being made with this week’s interview. The rest of the conference will also be feature packed. Steve Jobs will also host his own session during the conference, where he could talk about the iPhone, Mac OS X 10.5, DRM, convergence, the future and more. Previously, Jobs announced a podcasting feature for iTunes at an earlier ‘D’ conference, setting a precedent for something special. Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer will also have his own session, where he will Windows, Office, the Xbox, Zune, and other topics. The digerati world’s best and brightest will also attend and present sessions, making it a highly influential event. Confirmed speakers include Google CEO Eric Schmidt; CBS President Les Moonves; Cisco CEO John Chambers; film director George Lucas; online pioneer Steve Case; Time Inc. CEO Ann Moore; News Corp. President Peter Chernin; Palm founder Jeff Hawkins; and Steve Chen and Chad Hurley of YouTube. Videos of sessions will be made available to the public, with past D videos already available at the All Things D website. The conference sold out months ago US $3,995 a ticket, so the online videos will be the way most of us will be taking part in the event.
So where else have Bill Gates and Steve Jobs appeared together? It's generally rare, but we've got some details on page 2, as well as a theory on how Microsoft's relationship with Apple is something Novell aspires to, along with Microsoft's iPod marketing video and new iPod amnesty bin at Zune headquarters - click onto page 2 for the conclusion now! |
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