Bill Gates on the Daily Show

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4suTsIIBWo&w=425&h=350]

This is a clip of Bill Gates appearance in the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last January 29, 2007. Gates’ appearances in this show and the Today Show got a lot of publicity. The Man was actually promoting Windows Vista on mainstream television, not the norm for a guy who has spent a lot of his life talking with geeks.

I just realized why I find Gates much more appealing than Steve Jobs. Jobs seem more like a salesman to me — someone who would always tell me how great his product is, & why I can’t survive without it.

In this clip, however, Gates was his usual nerdy self. And awww, don’t you just find nerds so endearing? I wanted to squeeze him real tight.

Great moments:

Jon: What does the F12 button do?
Bill: I’d stay away from that if I were you.
Jon: Does the F12 do something to someone else’s computer?
[insert Gates’ cute giggle here]

Jon: 5 million people downloaded it? (the beta version of Windows Vista)
Bill: That’s right.
Jon: In essence, have stolen it?
[insert Gates’ cute giggle here]

Jon: Can I have this? (Holding the Vista box)
Bill: You bet.
Jon: What if I don’t know how to use it?
Bill: Call me.
[insert Gates’ cute giggle here]

Jon: What’s your password? Is it Gates?
Bill: (laughs)
Jon: Do you have pets? Did you ever have a puppy when you were younger? What was the pet’s name?
Bill: That’s not my password
Jon: Damn, son of a gun!
[insert Gates’ cute giggle here]

Jon: Do you hire people that can outsmart the worm people?
Bill: Yah, 14-year-olds.
[insert Gates’ cute giggle here]