Gates talked about a wide variety of
topics, including a meeting with rival
and sometimes friend, Steve Jobs,
during the Apple co-founder's last
days.
The Microsoft Chairman also found
time to applaud Jobs and his sense of
design in an interview with Charlie
Rose on CBS's 60 Minutes.
When asked by the show host what he
wished he could've had that Jobs had,
Gates accepted that it was Steve's
sense of design.
"His sense of design, that everything
had to fit a certain aesthetic. The fact
that he, with as little engineering
background as he had, it shows that
design can lead you in a good
direction. And so phenomenal products
came out of it."
Gates also touched upon a meeting he
had with Steve Jobs during the latter's
last days, saying the two talked about
what they had learnt in their life, and
about their families. He said that Jobs
was not melancholic, despite knowing
his fate, and that he talked about
other things, including what more
could be done through the use of
technology and even showed him his
new boat.
While Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were
rivals and took potshots at each other
through their careers, both have
worked with each other during the
course of time and appreciated each
other's abilities.
"He (Jobs) knew about brand - in a
very positive sense. He had an
intuitive sense for marketing that was
amazing," Gates added.
Changing track, Gates also accepted
that Apple got tablets right while
Microsoft did not. This is interesting,
as just a week back, during an
interview with CNBC, speaking on the
declining PC market, Gates said that
people using iPad-like devices were
frustrated because "they can't type,
create documents, and don't have
Office." He recommended Microsoft's
own Surface tablet over the iPad
because of a bundled physical
keyboard and Office suite.
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