Both (Jobs & Gates) are in for BUISNESS, i mean, i own a MBP,i own a crappy sony VAIO, and let me put it this way, Adobe products work better on macs than on pc’s, and microsoft products on mac work OK in mac and way better in pc. Microsoft in my historical opinion does not have the privilege for good credit, let me put it this way, and trust me, it will hurt: Microsoft stole from a lot of companys, apple, MOSAIC (which made the actuall “windows” looking interface) etc etc. However, they rock on…ummm spreadsheets. I am not a mac Zealot, i stick to the facts, FACT- windows evolved faster than macintosh did, however apple’s secret weapon (bringing back steve ) worked on this way, microsoft has not inovated in over 10 years, something that mac did in 1999, i mean COME ON!! if you really know about what’s in the hood of your GUI you can see windows is old and crappy, MS DOS is still under the hood, BIOS for hardware,Registry kernels, even vista has this. mac os x is basically a GUI over UNIX, that is probably the most stable source u can get, it has EFI for harware AND HAS NO REGISTRY KERNELS. I am a system programer, and i will tell you a tip…in my opinion its not that they are too few macs and that’s way there is a lack of virus, its simply that if i would want to make a osX virus it would take me AGES, and with windows…minutes, maybe less. i will take word if you say Linux is better than Mac os x, if it was standarized it be my OS of choice, unfortunately that is not going to happen. However i have seen 60 or 70% more macs than before, that means more market is growing for mac, specially because of the vista issue, which is SHIT (simply by this, i CAN’T load more than 2gb RAM, and only the os takes 800 mb!!! WTF!!! 64 bit macs load any as long as the hardware exists )so…is steve jobs a bill gates 2.0, i dont think so, IT companys are stupid (hence IBM!) and dont learn to evolve, however this small company called apple evolves when its needed, and did not get stuck in the 80’s with kernel registry, bios and more leaks than a house after a huracane passed through safetywise. I use windows for excel, i dont get why mac version has always been rather…weird, and different. and will windows rock the world for a long time? of course, simplly cus it can run on 100 buck harware, and macs only run on high end harware supplied y them, i agree to this simply because they last longer than any other, they have higher quality standard, and design.

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As the spokesman/personification/and driving force that is the Apple brand, Steve Jobs is actually un-matched among CEO’s. This is an arena where all other CEO’s and former CEOs – Bill Gates and Jack Welch included – are really understudies.

At yesterday’s Apple Showtime event, Steve Jobs announced upgrades to iPod/iTunes, the addition of movies to iTunes, and an upcoming product called iTV. Movies on iTunes had been predicted and much discussed before the event, so the real interest was…

Granted, you need to pay for the server and the bandwidth for the download, but does that really offset all those costs that are not present for online stores?

I want a 16×9 video iPod.

I want Apple in a CableCard DVR.

That’s why we got such a long, loving look at the vaporous iTV device. Up until yesterday Steve always kept Apple hardware very close to the vest. Apple has been ruthless about keeping new HW under wraps until announcement day. So, why the flip on the iTV device? Why make it so visible so early?

Here’s why: because it’s a critical final link in the media platform strategy. Just as Apple provides advance looks at Mac OS versions to get the developers on board, they need to reveal the media platform to get the studios on board.

The movie download market is still young and tiny, but already crowded. Studios are placing their bets. So far, only Disney has bet on Apple. Apple needs to bring in the other majors.

It’s the ol’ chicken ‘n’ egg game. Studios need to place bets–they can bet on multiple platforms, but they’ll only bet where they believe they’ll find an audience.

Only the rich of us have the budget to support multiple DRM platforms all the way from download to the big TV in the living room. Do I go Media Center to Xbox360? or iTunes to iTV?

This Christmas, only one of those choices will be on the market. So, Steve is doing the classic vapor play. I see the keynote and think, “Gee, I’m not a hard core gamer… and that Apple product will work with my PC. And Media Center is overkill, because I already have a DVR in the living room… Maybe I’ll wait for Apple.”

Yesterday, Steve had two audiences–he’s pimping the iPod line to the consumer, but he’s also addressing the studios and enticing the with a buzz-worthy, play-everywhere platform: Car, living room, Den, pocket. (Prediction: By CES, if not sooner, we’ll see iPod connectivity to in-car video playback).

Om is right. But his headline is inverted. It should have been “Is Steve Jobs 2.0 Bill Gates?”

It bears remembering that when the first iPod was announced, the insider reaction of most people was, “Ho hum. An mp3 player. Wow.” Several years later, iPod has become a platform.

The point is that it really doesn’t matter what we (bloggers, insiders, tech newsies, etc.) think because we’re not the ones being sold to here. This announcement went out to three groups:

• All the 18-24-year-olds who just got to campus with money to burn ($250 for an iPod that cost $400 a few years ago! WHOA!).

• Parents planning their holiday purchases.

Translation: everyday consumers.