Here is an excerpt of Bill Gates’ interview on BBC. He is asked about the recent Apple valuation that (seems to) surpass Microsoft. The interviewer is almost rude and Gates tries and succeeds in being gentle, denying the real significance of Apple’s valuation, but also avoiding even the most justified aggressivity. Even when the interviewer speaks about the imminent so-called death of the PC, Gates again avoids to give a sharp answer.

I believe that in reality Gates is now elsewhere, he is thinking about his projects with the Foundation on health and education and he is not even interested that much in computer wars. Otherwise he would be able to say that you can not do a serious job, from a dissertation to graphics, in tablets and ipads. This alone is enough to show that there will be no death of the PC. As for Apple, making phones and ipads is really being back, not participating in the front line of innovation.

Cf. Eric Alterman: The Truth About Apple

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