Bill Gates: It Was an Honour to Work with Steve Jobs  Microsoft
Co-Founders Regret Passing Away of "Unique Tech Pioneer"  by
Anton Shilov 10/05/2011 | 07:09 PM  Co-founders of Microsoft
Corp., Bill Gates and Paul Allen, expressed their condolences
and regret about the death of Steve Jobs, the co-founder and a
long-time leader of Apple. Despite of being rivals for over
three decades, the co-founders of Microsoft call Mr. Jobs a
unique tech pioneer, colleague, competitor and friend.    Steve
Jobs and Bill Gates at AllThingsD conference in 2007  "My
condolences to Steve Jobs family and friends. We've lost a
unique tech pioneer and auteur who knew how to make amazingly
great products. Steve fought a long battle against tough odds in
a very brave way. He kept doing amazing things in the face of
all that adversity. As someone who has had his own medical
challenges, I couldn’t help but be encouraged by how he
persevered," said Paul Allen in a statement.  Steve Jobs and
Bill Gates in "10 years of the PC" for Fortune.