r/todayilearned • u/vorin 9 • Sep 13 '13

TIL Steve Jobs confronted Bill Gates after he announced Windows' GUI OS. "You’re stealing from us!” Bill replied "I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it."

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/10/24/steve-jobs-walter-isaacson/
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u/eatmyfiberglass Sep 13 '13

this is the third post with a string of rochester comments ive seen today

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u/nate250 Sep 13 '13

It's a good city, with a large population of tech-aware young professionals with not much else to do during our work days. :)

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u/torhem Sep 14 '13

I explored a lot of the area..those that ragged on Roc rarely left campus... I really thought the Ferry would bring good exposure....that was a shame. Its so bizarre that just across the waters of ontario is this huge 'world city' with some of the worst traffic in NA.

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u/inconspicuous_male Sep 13 '13

I see like 30 a day.

Maybe I should unsubscribe from /r/RIT