#10: Jobs Roasts Gates’ Tablet at D1 in 2003
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Can we really begin with anyone besides Steve Jobs?

The man who was the highlight of so many D conferences over the years was also at their first ever, back in 2003. After Bill Gates had introduced the concept of Microsoft’s exciting new Tablet Computer to everyone in the audience, Steve Jobs offered his own take from the mainstage: “We looked at the tablet, and we think it’s gonna fail.”