Bill Gates says Steve Jobs “was always cooler than me”
Colbert: “You’re out there saving the world, and yet, you don’t have the cool factor. No offense, not the same cool factor like turtle-neck cool factor…does it ever bug you that you’e out there saving the world, and yet he’s, he’s, the memories of a cool guy? Did you ever want to be the cool guy?”
Gates: “Ah, he was always cooler than me.”
C: “Yeah?”
G: “Yeah.”
So he, admittedly, thinks Jobs was always the “cooler” one. I would have to agree; Steve Jobs was always shown as the cooler of the two. Now, I have the utmost respect for Mr. Gates, as he has done so much to the technology industry in his own ways. He is a great figure of the technology world. But he portrays or represents the “geekier” side, as he said himself in the video above.
What do you think? Do you agree with his way of saying it? What did you think of the interview? Let us know in the comments, or tweet me @TiP_Kyle.
Via: Cult of Mac, Comedy Central
I think it's a pretty good exposé on modern culture that so many people revere Mr. Jobs as some sort of saint. Maybe, in his private life, he was a wonderful man. However, that a man of his wealth and public stature has almost no record of philanthropy is telling. That so many who were close to him derided him as being vicious and mean is even more telling.Being "cool" is a pretty vapid reason to admire someone.Mr. Gates, however, seems to exude charity and humility every time I see him... two traits I have never seen in Jobs. Even in this video... humble, thankful and almost embarrassed that he's being praised.
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