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August 6, 1997 Unlikely bedfellows Bill Gates and Steve Jobs join to announce Microsoft's $150 million investment in Apple and extensive agreements. TAGS: Dwight Davis, Apple Computer, programming language, Bill Gates, CFO, investment, Microsoft Office, Apple Macintosh, Steve Jobs, Java, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

June 6, 2005 An early '90s plan by Apple to port the Mac OS to Intel processors drew this response from Bill Gates: It's "like putting lipstick on a chicken." TAGS: Star Trek, Novell Inc., Apple Computer, Bill Gates, Intel, project, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, CEO, operating system, idea, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

August 7, 2006 Imagine what the tech industry would be like if IBM had demanded exclusive rights to its PC operating system. TAGS: IBM Corp., co-founder, Bill Gates, supplier, Apple Computer, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC, Intel, HP

April 29, 2005 Battle of the operating systems heats up as Apple unleashes Tiger and Microsoft shows off some of the beef to expect in Longhorn. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, Week in review, Bill Gates, Apple Computer, laptop computer, memory, Microsoft Corp., battery, operating system, Apple Macintosh, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

June 1, 2007 Bill Gates and Steve Jobs made a rare joint appearance at D5 amid unveilings of breakthrough products like Palm's Foleo and Microsoft's Milan. TAGS: Milan, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Week in review, ATM, conference, Google Inc., reader, Apple Computer, YouTube, Palm Inc., Microsoft Corp., keyboard, Web browser, operating system

March 23, 2006 With all the trouble getting Vista out, Microsoft must find a way to release future Windows updates on a reasonable schedule. TAGS: fate, Redmond, Bill Gates, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, security, Microsoft Windows

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