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{{Infobox_person
|name          = Steve Jobs
|image         = Stevejobs.png
|caption       = ''Steve Jobs at the iPad launch event in 2010.''
|birth_name    = Steven Paul Jobs
|birth_date    = February 24, 1955<br/>({{w|San Francisco}}, {{w|California}})
|death_date    = October 5, 2011<br/>({{w|Palo Alto, California}})
|resting place = {{w|Alta Mesa Memorial Park}}
|residence     = 
|citizenship   = {{w|United States|American}}
|education     = {{w|Reed College}} <small>(attended)</small>
|occupation    = Co-founder, chairman, and CEO<br/><small>([[Apple]])</small><br/>Co-founder, primary investor, and chairman<br/><small>({{w|Pixar}})</small><br/>Founder, chairman, and CEO<br/><small>({{w|NeXT}})</small>
|spouse        = {{w|Laurene Powell Jobs|Laurene Powell}}<br/><small>(m. 1991)</small>
|children      = 4 ({{w|Lisa Brennan-Jobs|Lisa}}, Reed, Erin {{w|Eve Jobs|Eve}})
|awards        = <small>{{w|National Medal of Technology and Innovation|National Medal of Technology}} (1985)<br/>{{w|Presidential Medal of Freedom}} (posthumous, 2022)</small>
}}
'''Steven Paul Jobs''' (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was a co-founder and former CEO of [[Apple Inc.]] Jobs and [[Microsoft]] co-founder [[Bill Gates]] were known for their tumultuous rivalry and friendship within the technology industry.<ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/12/steve-jobs-trait-bill-gates-envied-the-most.html Bill Gates says this is the Steve Jobs trait he envied the most] by Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC. 2019-09-12.</ref><ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/the-bill-gates-steve-jobs-feud-frenemies-2016-3 A history of the decades-long feud between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, whose love-hate relationship spurred the success of Microsoft and Apple] by Avery Hartmans, ''Business Insider'' 2021-04-01.</ref> Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple due to health reasons and remained on as chairman until his death due to pancreatic cancer in October 2011.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html Apple’s Visionary Redefined Digital Age] by John Markoff, ''The New York Times''. 2011-10-05.</ref>

==History with Microsoft==
In 1983, Steve Jobs invited [[Bill Gates]] to preview the pre-release development of the [[Macintosh]]. In 1984, [[Microsoft]] began development on [[Microsoft Word]] 1.0 for Macintosh, which was released in the following year.<ref name="machistory-microsoft-apple">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120216125744/https://www.mac-history.net/apple/2011-01-30/microsofts-relationship-with-apple Microsoft's relationship with Apple] by Christoph Dernbach, Mac History. 2011-01-30. Archived 2012-02-16.</ref><ref name="microsoft-macbu-25years">[https://news.microsoft.com/2009/01/06/macintosh-business-unit-25-years-of-connecting-mac-users-to-microsoft-productivity/ Macintosh Business Unit: 25 Years of Connecting Mac Users to Microsoft Productivity], Microsoft. 2009-01-06.</ref> After Jobs was forced out of the company and Microsoft had released [[Windows 2.0]] with a [[GUI]] that was similar to the Mac, Apple Computer, then under CEO {{w|John Sculley}}, filed a {{w|Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.|federal lawsuit}} in 1988 against Microsoft.<ref name="machistory-microsoft-apple"/><ref name="cultofmac-microsoft-sued-macos">[https://www.cultofmac.com/470399/today-in-apple-history-microsoft-sued-ripping-off-mac-os/ Today in Apple history: Microsoft gets sued for ripping off Mac OS] by Luke Dormehl, Cult of Mac. 2019-03-17.</ref>

Jobs returned to a financially-troubled Apple Computer in 1997. He negotiated an end to the lawsuits with Microsoft and an agreement to cross-license technology between the two companies in exchange for Microsoft's commitment to continue developing software such as [[Microsoft Office]] for the Mac along with an investment of $150 million in Apple non-voting shares (just under 5% of the company). Apple also agreed to include the [[Microsoft Internet Explorer]] web browser by default with future [[Mac OS]] releases for the next 5 years. Though the joint announcement by Jobs and Gates was met with shock at {{w|Macworld Expo}} Boston in August 1997, the investment from Microsoft helped save Apple from bankruptcy.<ref name="machistory-microsoft-apple"/><ref name="inc-microsoft-sold-apple">[https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/nearly-20-years-ago-microsoft-sold-its-apple-stock-for-550-million-and-left-120-billion-on-table.html  Nearly 20 Years Ago, Microsoft Sold Its Apple Stock for $550 Million--and Left $120 Billion on the Table] by Jeff Haden, ''Inc.'' 2022-09-19.</ref>

===Dramatization===
Jobs's and Gates's rivalry was dramatized in the 1999 television film ''{{w|Pirates of Silicon Valley}}'', starring {{w|Noah Wyle}} and {{w|Anthony Michael Hall}}, respectively.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/ ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' (1999)], Internet Movie Database. Accessed 2020-02-09.</ref>

==Videos==
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Macworld Boston 1997 - The Microsoft Deal
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together at D5 Conference 2007
Bill Gates reflects on relationship with Steve Jobs and their last meeting
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==References==
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*[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/steve-jobs/8d6kgx0764l7 ''Steve Jobs''] at the [[Microsoft Store]]
*{{w}} at Wikipedia
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