The competitive nature of the relationship between Bill Gates, founder and (until fairly recently) CEO of Microsoft, and Steve Jobs is well-publicized. What isn’t as well-known is that the two became friends later in life, close enough so that Jobs invited Gates over for what would become the last conversation between the two.
60 Minutes has interviewed Bill Gates, and the program includes some thoughts of Steve Jobs, as well as some details of that final conversation. The conversation was emotional:
Gates grew emotional as he recalled visiting Jobs just before his death. The billionaire welled up as he described their last conversation, which he described as “forward-looking.”
“He showed me the boat he was working on,” said Gates, “and talked about how he’s looking forward to being on it, even though we both knew there was a good chance that wouldn’t happen.”
The full interview can be seen after the break.
As pointed out within the iFans discussion forums, February 24th would have marked the 58th birthday of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. After nearly a decade-long battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011, just one day after Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 4S on the company’s Cupertino, California campus.
