&gt; Don&#x27;t you think you&#x27;re projecting? It&#x27;s easy to romance competition, but I seriously doubt HTC hopes the OR finds it&#x27;s feet.<p>Sure, this is my opinion on the internet.  I&#x27;ve no idea if the HTC and Facebook CEOs feel the same way about competition helping each other as Jobs [1] and Gates [2] said.  But I imagine those at the top of massive organizations know a few things about being successful that might not be obvious to the rest of us.  What Jobs and Gates said does ring true about their history.<p>Jobs explicitly pointed out that there was a toxic anti-Microsoft attitude at Apple when he returned, and getting rid of that was critical to their success [1].<p>&gt;  Just as its easy for Gates and Jobs to reminisce after the PC boom after the dust has settled, I doubt they were so romantic during.<p>That&#x27;s also discussed in the Jobs&#x2F;Gates interview.  There were good and bad times, and historically speaking, they were not always so against each other.  MS invested in Apple several times, and Apple took some risk partnering with them.  Jobs pointed out Apple (really, himself) wasn&#x27;t good at partnering with people, but Gates was, and he admired that [3].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wvhW8cp15tk?t=23m42s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wvhW8cp15tk?t=23m42s</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wvhW8cp15tk?t=1h8m25s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wvhW8cp15tk?t=1h8m25s</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wvhW8cp15tk?t=1h24m6s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;wvhW8cp15tk?t=1h24m6s</a>