I stumbled across this interview with Jobs and Gates today and found it great morning reading. It's a bit on the "we're getting along like two guys just back from their daily massage and frappy mocha at the lodge" kind of vibe to it, but it's still neat to catch the deft spins at work here. Apple, a software company? I guess that explains why they still charge for the full-screen version of that stupid QuickTime crap (thank FSM for VLC). Whoa, just dropped 2K, now pony up another $30 to watch um, video lectures I downloaded with me torrent. You have to admit, though, doesn't this quote sound like something out of Godfather?

Gates: It's been fun to work together. I actually kind of miss some of the people who aren't around anymore. You know, people come and go in this industry. It's nice when somebody sticks around and they have some context of all the things that have worked and not worked.

Yeah, after they wake up with a bloody Commodore 64 lying next to them, they don't tend to want to come in to work the next day.

And it's not like the Zune is less hip than the iPod. That supposed to be geeky? That ain't geeky. Buying a USB cassette deck for your PC so you can finally play those old CP/M games again, that's geeky.