{"id":6603,"date":"2010-01-27T03:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/jon-stewart-fans-the-flames-of-the-applemicrosoft-war-by-provoking-bill-gates-bill-gates\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T03:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T03:20:00","slug":"jon-stewart-fans-the-flames-of-the-applemicrosoft-war-by-provoking-bill-gates-bill-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/jon-stewart-fans-the-flames-of-the-applemicrosoft-war-by-provoking-bill-gates-bill-gates.php","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Fans the Flames of the Apple\/Microsoft War by Provoking Bill Gates [Bill Gates]"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Bill Gates<\/a> is about the most mild-mannered and genuinely nice, um, unbelievably rich head of a multinational monolithic corporation that you could imagine. So why is Jon Stewart<\/a> antagonizing him with anti-Zune and pro-iPhone barbs? Oh, right. Because it's funny.<\/p>

Warning: Clips are from Hulu, which means they're US-only. Sorry, foreigners, but, well: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!<\/em><\/p>

Last night's The Daily Show<\/a><\/em> featured Bill Gates as a guest; great choice, except for a little awkwardness early on when one of Jon Stewart's bits included a casual reference to iPods. On the plus side, Jon learned that \"Zuuuuune\" is a fun word to say. The setup: President Obama has been feeling \"detached\" from everyday Amurricans, but his attempts to ingratiate himself haven't gone that well:<\/p>

Bill was good-humored about the whole thing though; after all, this is Jon's mistake. Evidently he doesn't read my reviews, that I work so hard on<\/a>, because if he did he'd know that the Zune HD is great, a far cry from the punchline the Zune line once was. Thanks a lot, Jon. Way to make me feel small. My insecurities aside, Jon later asked Bill if his retirement opened him up to new opportunities, like, say, owning a certain extremely popular smartphone:<\/p>

When will this Microsoft\/Apple war end, Jon? It's like the Israelis and Palestinians, except in every way. [Hulu<\/a>]<\/p>

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