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Macworld Boston 1997-The Microsoft Deal

JoshuaG · 1.9M views · 2006-01-29 · 12:06

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Overview

Footage from the Macworld Boston 1997 keynote where Steve Jobs announces Apple's deal with Microsoft, with Bill Gates appearing on the big screen. The almost bankrupt Apple took Microsoft's investment, and the crowd reacted badly, including booing over Internet Explorer as the default browser.

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HN returns to it as a legendary moment in tech history and as a precedent for strategic deals between rivals, such as in the Nokia and Microsoft story.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2010–2024

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tambourine_man · 2020-09 · Strong recommendation

I've seen this many times, so great. Imagine Cook taking random developer's questions at WWDC today. In that same year, the famous Gates at the big screen speech. The audience was booing. Can you imagine something even close to that today? [VIDEO]

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ugh · 2010-05 · Strong recommendation

What? A link to this story and no one linked to the legendary video of Bill Gates appearing on the big screen at the Macworld Boston Keynote 1997, looming large over Steve Jobs and the crowd booing? Here, I will do that: [VIDEO] (skip to 3:30 if you want to see how the investment is received, skip to 4:40 if you want to see Bill Gates)

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charleso · 2011-02 · Recommendation

All of this 'Nokia is doomed because of their Microsoft partnership' talk reminds me of when Apple announced something similar back in 1997. Anyone remember this Steve Jobs talk from when Apple was on the financial ropes? [VIDEO] If you think Nokia is doomed, you might want to re-watch that video. Things didn't turn out quite so bad for Apple.

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