Steve Jobs Lived To See Apple Triumph Over Microsoft

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		Tech Entertainment Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Europe Video Latest Thursday, October 6, 2011 Steve Jobs Lived To See Apple Triumph Over Microsoft One of the defining threads that ran through Steve Jobs' life was his battle with Microsoft and Bill Gates. Though Steve Jobs was always seen as the cool innovator, for a long time Gates and Microsoft were the winners in business. Microsoft's success ate at Jobs. It became the world's most valuable company, and Gates the world's richest man, because "Windows just copied the Mac," as Jobs put it in his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford. Upon returning to Apple in 1997 he told the faithful, "We have to let go of this notion that for Apple to win, Microsoft has to lose." Once Jobs and Apple did that, and began focusing on iPods, iPhones, and iPads, the company's earnings and valuation soared. After years of fighting as an underdog, Apple's market cap blew by Microsoft's last year, making it the world's most valuable tech company. Jobs and Apple had finally and definitively triumphed over Microsoft. It's fitting Jobs was able to enjoy that in the last year of his life. Did he need market approval? Probably not. But you know he loved getting it. In reaction to Jobs' death, Gates was as gracious as could be. He wrote, "The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely." Read » Also On SAI Today: 11 Unusual Ways Steve Jobs Made Apple The World's Most Admired Tech Company HERE IT IS: Jack Ma Talks About Buying Yahoo In This Video From The Ashes Of Oracle's Hostile Takeover Of PeopleSoft, Workday Rose To Fight Back The Best Steve Jobs Moments From "The Pirates Of Silicon Valley" [UPDATED] Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: The Size Of A Combined Yahoo-Microsoft CHART OF THE DAY: REMINDER: This Is How Important The iPhone Is To Apple CHART OF THE DAY: Android Could Hit 1 Million Activations Per Day This Month Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.wyldside@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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