Bill Gates saved Apple

Name: Bill Gates saved Apple
Uploaded: 2024-10-25T01:41:39+00:00
Duration: 55 s
Channel: Hiten Shah
Description: Bill Gates invested $150 million in Apple during its 1997 crisis, a move that let the company build the iMac, iPod, and iPhone. Gates and Jobs went from…

25 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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Bill Gates invested $150 million in Apple during its 1997 crisis, a move that let the company build the iMac, iPod, and iPhone. Gates and Jobs went from collaborators on early Apple software to fierce rivals after Windows launched, then Gates became Apple's unlikely savior.

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This is the story of how Bill Gates and Steve Jobs went from tech buddies to enemies. Gates was writing software for Apple's early success, the Apple ii. But then bam. Microsoft decided to make Windows and suddenly it was war and it got personal. Jobs once said, bill's unimaginative and rips off other people's ideas. And Gates was like, steve just doesn't get people. Ugh. The tech drama. Fast forward to the late 90s and guess what? Apple's in big trouble. And who steps in to save the day? Bill freakin gates. With $150 million to save Apple. It was like Batman and the Joker teaming up to save Gotham. And because of that, Apple used that money to launch the imac, the ipod, and eventually the iPhone. So what's the moral of the story here? Even your biggest rival can end up being your unexpected savior. So next time you're using your iPhone, just remember, if it wasn't for Bill Gates, Apple might not even be around today.