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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: It’s complicated

By
Jay Greene

This combo shows file photos of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs (L) at the Macworld Conference on January 9, 2007 in San Francisco, California and Microsoft’s former head Bill Gates (R) during the opening keynote at the RSA conference at San Francisco’s Moscone Center on February 6, 2007.

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This post originally on CNET and was written by Jay Greene. View the original here.

In reflecting on Steve Jobs’ tenure at Apple, it’s impossible to separate the role Microsoft played.

The companies, as well as Jobs and Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates, helped pioneer the industry and define an era. The two executives partnered at various times, competed all the time and challenged one another in ways that helped shape the landscape of techdom. It’s a complex relationship. Continue reading