All Things Digital – D5 – Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070530/d5-gates-jobs-interview/
惺惺相惜的一對伴侶從講解他們的歷史到預測我們的將來…
以上的官網連結提供完整錄像、精華片段，以及文字記錄。無論您是否 IT 人都應該一看/讀，在此我不多說。
值得一提的是，主持問五年後的 pocket device 會有什麼功能，Bill 回道
if we could ever get a screen that would just roll out like a scroll, you know, then you might be able to have the device that did everything.
由此看來，”rollable displays” 發展的確很重要，與 post-PC 的發展緊緊相依。
Further reading
Alan Poon’s Blog – 評 Apple iPhone 補充
http://alanpoon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/評-apple-iphone-補充/
Alan Poon’s Blog – Digital books / 版權問題
http://alanpoon.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/digital-books-版權問題/
此外，問答環節也很高質素，絕不容錯過。
其中顯示出他們除了本身經營的行業，都有關注教育和能源問題，並身體力行，不槐是大人物中的大人物，
當被問到產品會否忽略了長者，Steve 和 Bill 的回應令我想起 “connecting the dots” (詳見刊在 Stanford News 的原文；第一個故事)。
問答中令我最深刻的要數 Steve 給新創公司的金句
People say you have to have a lot of passion for what you’re doing and it’s totally true. And the reason is because it’s so hard that if you don’t, any rational person would give up. It’s really hard. And you have to do it over a sustained period of time. So if you don’t love it, if you’re not having fun doing it, you don’t really love it, you’re going to give up. And that’s what happens to most people, actually. If you really look at the ones that ended up, you know, being “successful” in the eyes of society and the ones that didn’t, oftentimes, it’s the ones [who] were successful loved what they did so they could persevere, you know, when it got really tough. And the ones that didn’t love it quit because they’re sane, right? Who would want to put up with this stuff if you don’t love it?
So it’s a lot of hard work and it’s a lot of worrying constantly and if you don’t love it, you’re going to fail. So you’ve got to love it and you’ve got to have passion and I think that’s the high-order bit.
The second thing is, you’ve got to be a really good talent scout because no matter how smart you are, you need a team of great people and you’ve got to figure out how to size people up fairly quickly, make decisions without knowing people too well and hire them and, you know, see how you do and refine your intuition and be able to help, you know, build an organization that can eventually just, you know, build itself because you need great people around you.
前部分的 passion 正正是他兩年前在 Stanford 畢業典禮上說 love 所產生出來的驚人動力 (詳見刊在 Stanford News 的原文；第二個故事)，深深影響著我的人生。
至於識才和圍繞著有才幹的人一起工作是成功的關鍵，我對此非常同意。就個人經驗所觀，香港公司在這方面有很大的改善需要。若有更多人能像他們一樣幸運，那會有多好。
I sort of look at us as two of the luckiest guys on the planet because we found what we loved to do and we were at the right place at the right time and we’ve gotten to go to work every day with super bright people for 30 years and do what we love doing.
And so it’s hard to be happier than that. You know, your family and that. What more can you ask for? And so I don’t think about legacy much. I just think about being able to get up every day and go in and hang around these great people and hopefully create something that other people will love as much as we do. And if we can do that, that’s great.
All Things Digital – D5 – TRANSCRIPT–Bill Gates and Steve Jobs at D5
http://d5.allthingsd.com/20070531/d5-gates-jobs-transcript/
Stanford News – ‘You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
補充 (Jun 19, 2007)
零落成泥碾作塵, 只有香如故 – 富豪. 才子一席話
http://eyt_lee.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=639372
Bill Gates 和 Warren Buffett 跟 Steve Jobs 的看法一致︰做你所喜歡做的和活在當下…
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Engadget – Steve Jobs and Bill Gates: Historic discussion live from D 2007
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/30/steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-historic-discussion-live-from-d-2007/
