Is the grudge so bad the Bill Gates banned Apple products from his house?
Microsoft founder head Bill Gates has banned the use of products made by arch-rival Apple from his house, his wife has revealed. But the blockade could backfire on Gates, 53, after Melinda admitted there are times she feels envious of her friends’ iPhones. She told Vogue magazine that the couple’s three children Jennifer, 13, Rory, 10 and Phoebe, seven, are not allowed Apple products. ‘There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household,’ she said. ‘But iPods and iPhones are two things we don’t get for our kids.’ Like any forbidden fruit, however, Mrs Gates, 44, admitted that some Apple products do have the power to tempt her. ‘Every now and then I look at my friends and say ‘Ooh, I wouldn’t mind having that iPhone,’ she admitted. For many years, Microsoft had a monopoly on the technology market. But over the last decade, the popularity of new Apple products such as the iPod and the iPhone as well as their computers, has promoted the company to chief rival. There hav
According to Melinda Gates her husband Bill has banned the use of products created by Apple in his house. She recently told Vogue magazine that their three children, Jennifer (13), Rory (10) and Phoebe (7) aren’t allowed to have Apple products. In the same interview she also admitted that sometimes she was envious of her friends’ iPhones. Although there have been rumours that there is animosity between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, the two have made an effort to appear friendly with each other in public. For years Microsoft controlled the technology market. However, Apple’s popular new products like the iPod and iPhone have led them to become one of Microsoft’s leading competitors. Sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1158905/Microsoft-boss-Bill-Gates-bans-children-usin
Microsoft founder head Bill Gates has banned the use of products made by arch-rival Apple from his house, his wife has revealed. But the blockade could backfire on Gates, 53, after Melinda admitted there are times she feels envious of her friends’ iPhones. She told Vogue magazine that the couple’s three children Jennifer, 13, Rory, 10 and Phoebe, seven, are not allowed Apple products. ‘There are very few things that are on the banned list in our household,’ she said. ‘But iPods and iPhones are two things we don’t get for our kids.’ Like any forbidden fruit, however, Mrs Gates, 44, admitted that some Apple products do have the power to tempt her. ‘Every now and then I look at my friends and say ‘Ooh, I wouldn’t mind having that iPhone,’ she admitted. For many years, Microsoft had a monopoly on the technology market. But over the last decade, the popularity of new Apple products such as the iPod and the iPhone as well as their computers, has promoted the company to chief rival. There hav
According to Melinda Gates her husband Bill has banned the use of products created by Apple in his house. She recently told Vogue magazine that their three children, Jennifer (13), Rory (10) and Phoebe (7) aren’t allowed to have Apple products. In the same interview she also admitted that sometimes she was envious of her friends’ iPhones. Although there have been rumours that there is animosity between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, the two have made an effort to appear friendly with each other in public. For years Microsoft controlled the technology market. However, Apple’s popular new products like the iPod and iPhone have led them to become one of Microsoft’s leading competitors.
