Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
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Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#2I agree that Gates and not Jobs will be remembered in 50 years, but for a different reason.
Gates vision of "a computer in every home" made computers a common item in most household in developed countries. People are using computers in their home and offices, where would we be without them.
In the same way people remember the Wright Brothers for planes, Edison for the light bulb (yes, he wasn't the first to invent it, but that's beside the point). Gates will probably be remembered for the personal computer.
If he succeeds with the malaria vaccine, it be just another feather in his cap
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#3I agree that Gates and not Jobs will be remembered in 50 years, but for a different reason. Gates vision of "a computer in every home" made computers a common item in most household in developed countries. People are using computers in their home and offices, where would we be without them. In the same way people remember the Wright Brothers for planes, Edison for the light bulb (yes, he wasn't the first to invent it…
I think it's foolish to say who will be remembered in the future, as it's mostly up to advertising and what random factlets make it into our defunct schoolbooks.
I only hope that more important characters from computer history than Jobs or Gates make it into the history books though.
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#4Everyone remembers Carnegie, Mellon, Rockefeller, and Stanfurd because of their generous acts. Nobody remembers their almost-as-successful, but far less generous competitors.
To date, Bill Gates has donated more money to charity than Steve Jobs was ever worth. Steve Jobs...has donated less money to charity than your average churchgoer.
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#5Everyone remembers Carnegie, Mellon, Rockefeller, and Stanfurd because of their generous acts. Nobody remembers their almost-as-successful, but far less generous competitors. To date, Bill Gates has donated more money to charity than Steve Jobs was ever worth. Steve Jobs...has donated less money to charity than your average churchgoer.
Oh so you have Jobs' personal finance records? That's amazing! And you're breaking the news here on HN of all places!
Okay but seriously, you don't have a clue what Jobs did with his money and neither do I. So there's no point speculating.
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#6Is this considered a controversial point?
I would have thought that most people would have thought the same thing.
it's really been amazing to see how Bill Gates reputation has rebounded in tech forums in the past 5 years.
5 years ago it would be the rule rather than the exception for Bill to be bad mouthed in tech forums. Now I've noticed that it's mostly the opposite.
My guess is that in 50 years Bill Gates will be more remembered because his achievements will seem alot more amazing that Steve Job's.
Bill will be remembered as the guy who put a computer in every house and then went on to save billions of people.
In 50 years Apple may no longer even exist, it will be much harder for people to remember Jobs as the guy who saved apple and help make computer animated films popular.
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#7It's funny when people who won't be remembered at all try to detract from the legacies of great people.
Okay not funny, just stupid.
Gladwell has joined the ranks of those who make ridiculous statements about things they are ignorant of just to grab headlines.
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#8You can watch the video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyL9H4wJ0VE&feature=share (I recommend it).
This statement is part of a larger Entrepreneurship discussion
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#9Everyone remembers Carnegie, Mellon, Rockefeller, and Stanfurd because of their generous acts. Nobody remembers their almost-as-successful, but far less generous competitors. To date, Bill Gates has donated more money to charity than Steve Jobs was ever worth. Steve Jobs...has donated less money to charity than your average churchgoer.
Oh so you have Jobs' personal finance records? That's amazing! And you're breaking the news here on HN of all places! Okay but seriously, you don't have a clue what Jobs did with his money and neither do I. So there's no point speculating.
We do know that Jobs made almost no charitable donations over the course of his life. He used to brag about it quite publicly in interviews, and it was only when he was rediagonised with cancer that he hinted that he might consider eventually changing his mind in the future. There are statements from friends and family supporting his lack of charity. It's not speculation. You can quibble over whether he donated a dollar or two to some bum somewhere, but ultimately, the reality is that Steve Jobs donated less to charity than either of us.
Steve Jobs may have been a genius salesman, but he was definitely not a philanthropist.
Re: Malcolm Gladwell asserts that Gates, not Jobs, will be remembered in 50 years
#10Everyone remembers Carnegie, Mellon, Rockefeller, and Stanfurd because of their generous acts. Nobody remembers their almost-as-successful, but far less generous competitors. To date, Bill Gates has donated more money to charity than Steve Jobs was ever worth. Steve Jobs...has donated less money to charity than your average churchgoer.
Oh so you have Jobs' personal finance records? That's amazing! And you're breaking the news here on HN of all places! Okay but seriously, you don't have a clue what Jobs did with his money and neither do I. So there's no point speculating.
According to the NYT "there is no public record of Mr. Jobs giving money to charity" (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/the-mystery-of-steve-...).
Giving publicly is important if you want to be remembered for your charitable work.