[dougiemac]

So with all the videos from past Keynotes popping up all over the place... I was wondering and hoping that a video existed of the conference in which Jobs talked to Bill Gates? You know the one that's referenced in "Pirates of Silicon Valley"... if this exists do you have a link for it? Thanks alot.

[Brad]

FWIW, that was MacWorld Boston 1997.

[johnq]

I have a black t-shirt from that MW.

Not that it fits me anymore.

Or should I say "not that I fit it anymore".

[Messiahtosh]

I've searched high and low for that video, it's nowhere to be found.

[Paul]

they didn't have webcasts back then... the only possibility is finding an in-house archive at Apple.

Good luck with that.

[dougiemac]

Bummer... well then does anyone know the history behind that conference. I'm trying to learn the business end behind Microsoft... bailing them out... from what I understand. So I guess if you know the story, I'd love to hear some more details.

[johnq]

http://www.mackido.com/History/index.html

http://www.mackido.com/History/AppleTimeline.html

August 6: former "advisor" Steve Jobs becomes "de facto head", announces Microsoft alliance at the Macworld Expo in Boston. Among the agreements are a cross-platform license, $150 million invested in Apple stocks, an undisclosed amount of money for Apple (rumored to be $800 million), the production of MS Office for 5 years, and MS Internet Explorer as the default browser for the Mac OS.

[Paul]

funny... this keynote may officially reverse all of that.. (office getting pulled... etc.)

[BlueRabbit]

Originally Posted by Paul funny... this keynote may officially reverse all of that.. (office getting pulled... etc.)

Well, it's already started, that with Safari and Textedit gaining .doc functionallity in Panther. Finishing it off should be pretty fun, especially if iWork has some insanely great features.