Bill Gates weighs in on the origin of the Microsoft vs Apple debate

Hi, I’m a Mac. Assuming you weren’t born last year, you’re undoubtedly familiar with Apple’s famous ad campaign. Running from 2006-2009, the campaign pit a “hip” Justin Long against an “uptight and nerdy” John Hodgman. Over that time Apple accomplished two things: Confusing the entire world. A Mac is a PC. Made Justin Long look cool. Well done. You might also think this started the whole Mac vs PC debate. You’d be wrong. Apple and Microsoft fanboys have been around for decades, and the debate over which is better starts with the origin of each company. Specifically, who copied whom when it came…

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