Macworld Boston 1997-The Microsoft Deal

Why HN readers recommended it

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.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

JoshuaG

Topic

apple microsoft 1997 deal

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2010–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• 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 …

• 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]

• 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 …