“You only have a limited time,” said Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates, referring to former colleague and competitor Steve Jobs in a Yahoo and ABC News interview.
Gates recalled a visit he made to Steve in the weeks before his death. “He and I always enjoyed talking. He would throw some things out, you know, some stimulating things. We’d talk about the other companies that have come along. We talked about our families and how lucky we’d both been in terms of the women we married. It was great relaxed conversation,” Gates said of his relationship with Jobs.
When asked how the death of Jobs affected him, he replied, “it’s very strange to have somebody who’s so vibrant and made such a huge difference and been … kind of a constant presence, to have him die,” Gates said. “It makes you feel like, ‘Wow, we’re getting old.’ I hope I still have quite a bit of time for the focus I have now, which is the philanthropic work … But, you know, it reminds you that you gotta pick important stuff, because you only have a limited time.”
The full interview aired on ABC’s Nightline, and is available for viewing here.
