During an interview with CNN, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is now taking care of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's interests, talked about Steve Jobs and his capacity to enchant the public with "almost magic." Gates said he was particularly impressed by the capacity of Jobs to bring a company's reins on the edge of the abyss and transform it into one of the world's most precious businesses today.
"I felt like a low-ranking sorcerer because Jobs threw his spells and I saw the crowd amazing, but being a sorcerer in my turn those spells had no impact on me," said Gates beautifully, who also commended Jobs for acknowledging an inherent capacity to comprehend what created a precious investment for both individuals and goods: "I still have to know a individual who can compete with Jobs in terms of identifying t
Gates then noted that Jobs was willing to succeed even in the bankruptcy, referring, for instance, to the NeXT adventure in 1988: "It was a full failure, it produced no sense, but it managed to fascinate the public." NeXT was later purchased by Apple in 1996, after Jobs came back to Apple's helm.
The CNN interview is component of a series of different episodes, expressing disappointment in a latest discussion that Gates was unable to compete effectively on the mobile market with Apple. "The greatest error that has been created is any mismanagement that has stopped Microsoft from being what Android is. Android is Apple's normal mobile alternative platform."