Apple chief executive Steve Jobs and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates have committed to a rare joint appearance at the fifth anniversary of the The Wall Street Journal’s ‘D: All Things Digital’ conference later this year. The two men, both seminal figures in the development of the personal computer, will jointly discuss the history and future of the digital revolution in an unrehearsed, unscripted, onstage conversation on May 30 with D co-producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
The original “I’m a Mac” and “I’m a PC” guys…
It would be hilarious if they could get them to come out on stage and do that.
It would be hilarious if they could get them to come out on stage and do that.
but please the greenpeace-version
It’s been done already…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO8l-Bd1O4
All right, it’s only a cartoon, but it’s pretty funny…and it even has an uplifting message at the end! 🙂
Edited 2007-02-21 22:00
“Too funny…”
Now if we could only get Richard “St. Gnucius” Stallmann & Linus Torvalds to appear in the same coference discussion with those two other guys, the discussion could get really interesting… 😉
(Voice-over guy starts…)This Tuesday to Thursday prepare to be amazed and electrified by a never-before seen battle ROYALE EXTREEEEME!!!!! Richard “St. Gnucius” Stallmann & Linus “GNOME Crusher” Torvalds take on Bill “MoneyBags” Gates and Steve “Drink the Kool-Aid” Jobs in a winner takes all CAGE-MATCH! Who will walk away? You’ve wanted it for years…the personification of ALL flamewars has finally found expression in flesh and BLOOD! ONLY at the Wall Street RUMBLE, May 29-31!(End voice-over)
Seriously, having Gates and Jobs on stage together in an unscripted forum does have potential. I would be very interested in any follow-ups to this story.
One will be erudite and insightful. The other will be speaking as if he’s still going through puberty.
Can’t…stop…laughing
Man, you made my day!
Imagine Jobs using MacBooks instead of chairs, smashing them on Bill’s back. Linus walks around and waves to the crowd while Stallman climbs up the wall of the cage, inch by inch heavily breathing, and grumbles “It may be a long struggle but my holy elbowdrop will crush you all. Especially you, Torvalds, betrayer!”
Then, suddenly, hundreds of MS-lawyers rush into the scene – all dressed like agent Smith, shouting: “MS has patented all possible fighting moves, you’ll die, it’s INEVITABLE!”
They hold Linus and Steve down while Gates slaps their faces until he gets tired.
The fight is generally considered really lame – until MS starts a Get-The-Facts-campaign, claiming that Bill clearly crushed them all.
Stallman is still climbing…
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“””Now if we could only get Richard “St. Gnucius” Stallmann & Linus Torvalds to appear in the same coference discussion with those two other guys, the discussion could get really interesting… ;-)”””
Maybe. But Richard would just refuse to talk to anyone until they agreed to use his terminology… and with the interesting interchange going on between the other three, few would notice or care. 😉
Edited 2007-02-21 02:35
HA! I was just about to post the same comment.
Heh, I imagined:
Jobs: “Hi, I’m Steve Jobs.”
Gates: “Hi, I’m Steve Jobs.”
Jobs: “Huh? No, I’m Steve Jobs.”
Gates: “Huh? No, I’m Steve Jobs.”
Jobs: “You’re taking this ‘copy Apple’ thing too far.”
Gates: “You’re taking this ‘copy Apple’ thing too far.”
Absolutely hilarious
that says one of them ‘can’t make it’.
indictment by the end of the conference, and BG will be exiting horizontally
Edited 2007-02-20 22:30
“It’s a trap!”
-Admiral Akbar
I wonder who’s taller..lol
Will that much ego all fit in one room?
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Will that much ego all fit in one room?
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One can only assume that they are planning to use some sort of compression technology.
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Will that much ego all fit in one room?
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One can only assume that they are planning to use some sort of compression technology.
H.264 or WMV?
OGG Vorbis/Theora 🙂