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May 25, 1993
May 25, 1993
"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me," he says. "Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful . . . that's what matters to me."

Steve Jobs, comparing his innovation to Gates' in The Wall Street Journal

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