On Sunday, during the interview with Charlie Rose on “60 Minutes”, the Microsoft chairman Bill Gate spoke about visiting Steve Jobs in his last days. It turned out that during this meeting they’re talking about their experience and skills, their families. According to Bill, their conversation was in a friendly manner and it is now a very emotional memory for Gates. He doesn’t feel it was a visit of enemies or competitors. By the way, Gates admitted that Apple “put the pieces” together on tablets. For Microsoft it was lack.
During the interview Gates said that he wished Job’s sense of design, that everything had to fit a certain aesthetic. “The fact that he, with as little engineering background as he had, it shows that design can lead you in a good direction. And so phenomenal products came out of it.” “He knew about brand — in a very positive sense. He had an intuitive sense for marketing that was amazing,” Gates said.
The Microsoft chairman also told about his doubts about the iPad, suggesting that iPad users were frustrated. In a sense, as Gates acknowledges in this interview, the Microsoft chairman and Jobs grew up together and could watch success of each other.
