Comments on: Bill Gates Vs Steve Jobs Who’s the Better Person?

By: Bipin "3~" Upadhyay

Bipin "3~" Upadhyay — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:12:10 +0000

…too many version…
That’s a byproduct, if not a product, of freedom. Good for some, Bad for others.
Too subjective, IMHO ;)

…no single goal or aim …
Of course there is Aim. Human being can’t do shit without a target in Sight. The Goal is freedom.

…the interface sucks…
Well, this is again subjective. If people like Vista’s interface more than OS X’s, you can’t really say anything. But what about the cost dude?
Windows Vista drains your memory for something that can be performed with 500MB RAM using Beryl/Compiz on Linux.
But then again, it’s subjective. :)

By: Arpit Jacob

Arpit Jacob — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:40:30 +0000

@bipin I agree with you MS Office 2007 , Vista and VS Studio 2005 are top notch products.

@indish You do have point there but I don’t agree with you.
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Problem with Linux is its too fragmented. too many version no single goal or aim and the interface sucks

By: Bipin "3~" Upadhyay

Bipin "3~" Upadhyay — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:01:47 +0000

@Indisch:
Wooow!
Hey Dude! If you ask me, it’s not really about the quality of the product (Don’t mistake me to be an M$ supporter). But M$ has produced two products that I really respect; one of them is used by Apple (M$ Office).
The topic of controversy, for me, always has been the *philosophy* behind their business. That’s where both fail, for me at least.
I am a huge fan of Apple products; but then also believe that good/bad is more of an objective decision. You’ll find plenty of videos on YouTube where people blame Apple products to be Junk. (It’s a different topic altogether that I would love to kill ‘em; whatever the truth might be ;) )

By: Indisch

Indisch — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:55:54 +0000

Does shying away from public glare necessarily make one a shirker of responsibilites and does hugging the limelight make one a champion of rights? And what responsibility are we talking about? Gates does it because he needs to sell his products and be in everyone’s good books and what better way to advertise than donations?? Jobs knows his products are good and will sell anyways. So, why bother wasting money??? May be, I’m wrong. But there’s a chance I may not quite be.

By: Arpit Jacob

Arpit Jacob — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:10:51 +0000

sorry bipin I have a friend named bibin so I typed it fast by mistake :D I love FOSS heck I wouldnt have my own domain and blog for RS. 7000 a year would I , Linux , apache and WordPress :D. So yeah FOSS keeps these monopolistic guys in check :)

By: Bipin "3~" Upadhyay

Bipin "3~" Upadhyay — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:47:52 +0000

See. That’s the whole problem when you even *talk* about these sort of people… You even miss-spelled my name Arpit. ;)

BTW, I like (and admire) Steve-y for his amazing spirit; and LOVE Billy Boy for his contributions towards the society. One may definitely question the motives behind these *social motives*. The results of these contributions can, however, never really be questioned. They do make a hell lot of difference.
So what the hell. :)

…and don’t get me started on things for which I hate M$. ;)

By: Arpit Jacob

Arpit Jacob — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:12:37 +0000

@bibin LOL man …. we are talking about monopolistic Business men here :D

By: Bipin "3~" Upadhyay

Bipin "3~" Upadhyay — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:39:42 +0000

What???
No FOSS enthusiasts here?

By: Sridhar

Sridhar — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:46:29 +0000

I vote for Steve Jobs!!!

If you talking about business skills, mind you all, Bill wrote enough code, but not a single variable by Steve.

Getting fired from his own company, and then again starting from scratch with NeXT, PiXAR Animation and now again CEO of Apple.

That takes balls for anyone to even think.

Bill Gates, is great, yes for everything, but he lacks guts!!!!

Cheerz
Shri

By: Arpit Jacob

Arpit Jacob — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:37:47 +0000

@himanshu no probs mate :D