Wednesday, September 13, 2006

GigaOM » Is Steve Jobs Bill Gates 2.0?

 See the post for more on "the increasing similarity in Bill Gates 1.0 and Steve Jobs 2.0"

The iTV streaming box announcement to me was a Gatesian moment. The device is still in “beta” and is not going to be available for another few months, perhaps longer. Add to this the harsh truth that Steve could only get Disney (like they have a choice) to commit to the iTunes Movie Store; what you see is a Microsoft type strategy of chilling the market with a yet unfinished product, and get everyone scared shitless. The Barons of Redmond used to do it so well, before their empire started resembling the Roman conquests.

Source: GigaOM » Is Steve Jobs Bill Gates 2.0?

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