Meeting Bill Gates & Steve Jobs

Apparently Steve Jobs didn't need to wear a badge to get in....

...it's always interesting to see that he follows Voodoo

Yesterday we had the opportunity to witness history. Bill Gates & Steve Jobs on the same stage, joking with one another, and sharing with the world their working history which is absolutely amazing. People from all over the industry watched as this historic event unfolded.

Steve gave Bill props for the fact that Bill built the first software company, which enabled all of us to have careers. "There are alot of things you can say – but that is the best bit, Bill built the very first software company before others knew there was such a thing."

Bill then followed up by saying, "I am not fake Steve Jobs!" (if you don't get the joke, do a Google for fake Steve Jobs or check out the links on the right of my blog)

He followed up with some encouraging words for Steve... "The fact that Apple persued a dream in 1997, people may not remember that Apple bet the company – the team that Steve built to persue that dream – Steve gave a speech once where in a certain sense we built the products that we want to use ourselves. Steves ability to always come around and figure out where that next bet should be is amazing. The industry has benefited immensely from Steve’s work – and he has contributed as much as anyone."

At the end, both Bill and Steve hung around and checked out some of the action. There's not much more I can say here other than to point out a video link of the key highlights over here.