乔布斯没有对盖茨的商业成就表示过赞许，他曾经对艾萨克森说：“盖茨基本上没有什么想像力，从来没发明过什么东西。正因为如此，我觉得他更适合做慈善事业，而不是技术工作。他只能厚着脸皮照搬别人的产品创意”。
英文摘抄自Walter Isaacson所著Steve Jobs: A Biography 《史蒂夫·乔布斯传记》英文版PDF格式，DOC格式和TXT格式下载
After thirty years Gates would develop a grudging respect for Jobs. “He really never knew much about technology, but he had an amazing instinct for what works,” he said. But Jobs never reciprocated by fully appreciating Gates’s real strengths. “Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which is why I think he’s more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology,” Jobs said, unfairly. “He just shamelessly ripped off other people’s ideas.”