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I first saw Steve Jobs speak at a conference in Santa Cruz back in the early 1980s, right after the launch of the Mac.

I have the 1999 movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley in my DVD collection. The film is about the legendary battle between Jobs and Gates which is an essential part of the history of the personal computer.

So I was intrigued by this story which I found on Primzone via TechMeme.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) (PRIMEZONE) — Apple, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, the seminal figures in the development of the personal computer, will make a rare joint appearance at The Wall Street Journal’s "D: All Things Digital" conference this year. The two men will jointly discuss the history and future of the digital revolution in an unrehearsed, unscripted, onstage conversation on May 30 with D co-producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
Both executives have made multiple individual appearances at the conference, which will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year, and is known as D5. But this will be their first joint session at D, and a highly unusual event.