Every Reference in Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates, Explained [Epic Rap Battles of History Analysis] 

Been waiting for someone to make this video! I just think you missed that the line ”second-hand jeans” is actually also a reference to jobs being adopted ”second-hands genes”

I love how there's no explaination for "You Blow Jobs!"

Solid work. One thing: Jobs interrupting his own introduction is a subtle jab at how Jobs thought the rules didn’t apply to him. Ex, he was once getting a speeding ticket and honked at the cop for taking to long to write the ticket.

I think you missed quite a bit of the Linux references in HAL9000's verse. "Take a look at your history. Everything you built leads up to me. " This is likely a reference to Microsoft's desire to control their customers by using vendor lock-in tactics, which in turn gave rise to a passion in the FOSS community to be free of such restrictions. Seeing how well Linux and it's derivatives are doing (Marktet share on servers, supercomputers, Android / ChromeOS devices) HAL9000 seems to suggest that Linux based devices and services will eventually dethrone Microsoft in every market as a result of Microsofts aggressive and potentially alienating stance. "I got the power of a mind you could never be. " This is a reference to Linus Torvalds, originator of the Linux kernel. While Gates was a skilled coder, Linus likely exceeds that skill, contributing code to not only the Linux kernel but also projects like Git and Subsurface even to this day. "I'll beat your ass in chess and Jeopardy." Whilst you correctly identified the Deep Blue and Watson references, you failed to mention that these machines run Linux, and thus not Windows or macOS thereby shifting the battle from Windows vs macOS to Windows vs Linux, suggesting that Linux is a bigger threat to Microsoft than Apple. "I'm coming out the socket. Nothing you can do can stop it." Most servers on the internet (at ISPs, webservers, mailservers etc.) run Linux, suggesting that Microsoft has already lost this battle to Linux. "I'm on your lap and in your pocket." Reference to Android / ChromeOS which run on a Linux kernel and how it's the dominant force on the market in grand totals, beating Apple, and just about pushing Microsofts smartphone / tablet offerings out of the market entirely. "How you gonna shoot me down when I guide the rocket?" Due to its open source nature and its independence of any one company, Linux is used by many military organisations around the world. "Beat you in seventeen lines of code." This is a reference to the SCO-Linux dispute where Microsoft basically sponsored a nearly bankrupt SCO to sue several Linux companies over allegedly stealing 17 lines of code from the UNIX codebase to which SCO had the copyright. SCO lost those and is currently defunct, dealing a mental blow to Microsoft in the process. "Hasta la vista, like the Terminator told ya." Vist is indeed a sneer at Windows Vista, a much maligned iteration in the Windows line of Operating Systems, Terminator is an advanced Terminal program for Linux commandline interface in a desktop Linux GUI.

You missed the very first reference because jobs was impatient that's why he interrupted the VS announcer

Ok, this was great. Thank you for explaining all of the references. Please do more of these. Like Musk vs Zuckerberg maybe.

Fun Video To Watch Whilst Just Playing Some Star Wars Battlefront II. I would like to see more of this. Mabye Rasputin Vs Stalin?

This is exactly what I was looking for. I want you to cover all of the battles!

At 9:18 when Bill says "you can still afford a doctor..." I remember the Norton antivirus, which used a picture (or illustration) of a medical doctor, at least, just a man with a stethoscope around its neck. I catch it as a reference.

7:56 bro I fuckin cackled here. U cut out the scene but it’s soo funny how fast u cut it out

I was in college at the now defunct Art Institute of Philadelphia in the early 2000s, and a high school level commercial art class before that. I got the district impression that many high level artists preferred Mac products due to better capabilities, at least at the time. There are two references to artists using Macs by Jobs that got skipped over. I also think Hal's line of take a look at your history can be a reference to browser history, at least in part. Good work overall though. I learned a bit from this.

Just as awesome as the Video. Thx a lot 👍👍👍

I wish you’d do more of these

Beautiful research and work well done, I would love if your next ERB is Alexander the Great v Ivan the Terrible, there’s so much history references and symbolism in that video is honestly shocked me, thank you

You should do more videos like this !

you missed the very first line "lemme just step right in" which might be a reference to the "NeXTSTEP" operating system

I love this. Great work.

in addition to it being a reference to the Apple II, the line 'apple ii easy' is also takes advantage of the homophone 'two/too' and the phrase 'too easy.' And, just because it'll drive me crazy if I don't say it, but "why'd you name your company after your dick?" is a reference to MicroSoft, micro meaning small and soft meaning. well. the opposite of hard. He's saying bill not only has a small penis, but is also impotent.

This is super educational

You better do this with The Joker vs Pennywise too. That Rap Battle is also jam packed with references.

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more rap battles explained please?

I interpreted the doctor line as referencing "an apple a day keeps the doctor away"

If you do this again, you should do Isaac Newton vs. Bill Nye : )

The movie was not based on Clarke's novel. Rather, the novel was written at the same time that he was working on the movie. To some extent, you could say it was a novelization of the screenplay. But really, after coming up with the idea in the abstract, it was rendered into two different mediums, text and visual. You make it sound like Watson was repurposed to do one thing. Actually, it was used for a lot of things. 17:02 I interpret this to refer to Linux and ARM processors, or non-PC (not Mac either) computers dominating. They guide the rocket. They are in many personal devices. "On your lap and in your pocket" might refer to Android or how MS failed to make a phone. But Apple makes tablets and phones too, so I'm not sure. When this was written, AI was still years away and there wasn't much hype about it. I certainly don't see how those lines can refer to the apocolipse, the singularity, or AI.

You forgot to mention, that BASIC was first product of Microsoft

This is UNDERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the beat during Steves and Bills 3rd verse is a reference to Dreamscape 2009, a song commonly associated with Windows Movie Maker

awesome

You could've mentioned that most servers run Linux, it's not just a hobbyists OS

In Jobs line of "The GUI that melinda uses" I think it also reffers to a sex Joke. Idk my minds dirty sorry

Ohhhhh…this also explains why Bender sings “Daisy, Daisy” to the Planet Express Ship when he’s dating her. Man, that was a brilliant episode.

"This is a new series that I want to start." Waiting for episode 2? 3 years later?

4:50 I feel like people blame themselves too much. The reality is most people don't know what they're in for when it comes to parenting which is why we have a lot of bad parents. They most likely thought it would be fun but then quickly realized how much of a chore it is. Especially with Steve being such a young age; I doubt the first adopters were envisioning being woken up by crying during the night and changing dirty diapers when they thought about adopting a child. Ironically I've considered adoption just so I can skip all of that.

7:54 Oh did it get cut out?

14:56 so no point for *Jobs* ? **says the viewer on his iPhone** 😅

I ... learnt things... iDammn

Ik this is for all the references and to explain the shit u don’t understand at first but I kinda wish u acknowledged how good the “why’d you name your company after your dick” and then going into “you blow, jobs” bc they were iconic, but this video is so helpful actually and I loved it. This is my fav ERB!!

16:15 bruh it’s midnight don’t do that to me

iMac came out in 1998, not 1988. In 1988 I was still using the family Mac IIsi.

6:51 Bruh, Imagine calling windows coustomizable when it is closed source.

I want to see terminator vs Robo cop

The DING sound is way too loud compared to your voice.

I'd like to see the Elon musk vs mark Zuckerberg one

For anyone who watched power rangers doesnt hal remind you of venjix virus power rangers rpm

Jobs was also involved with Pixar

20 mins of my life I’ll never get back for accidentally clicking this trash

Gui is a sex joke.

I liked this until i realized you are actually a massive jobs nerd. Jobs was described as having a cult leader like personality and you fell for it.

Apple products are easy? I tried to use iPad of me mom's and that thing was like mind torturing device from hell...

A version of BASIC was in fact the first product Microsoft produced.