Bill Gates Explains the Internet to Dave (1995) | Letterman

Bill Gates explains the origins of Microsoft and tries to convince Dave to get a computer. (Air Date 11/27/1995)

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[KylesYTChannel]

Its ironic that we're now watching this on Letterman's YouTube channel.

[szawid]

Dave: “So you can listen to a baseball game on your computer. Does radio ring a bell?”
Bill: “Well Dave, in 27 years you’ll publish this video clip on YouTube.”

[corporatepresident]

Dave and Bill should resume this chat and reflect what they chat in 1995.

[gmh]

Incredible how we lived on a completely different planet 26 years ago. First half of my life was in another world compared with the second half.

[LucasPenido]

It’s crazy how this was only 28 years ago. Back then you’d experience the internet to take a few mins off of our REAL lives. Today we take a few mins off the internet, to LIVE our real lives.

[danieldengLR]

"Computer at every desk & every home!" Mission accomplished!!!

[Pete]

Amazing how much changed within 10 years of this being recorded. From questioning why the internet is better than a radio, to Youtube launching less than 10 years later.

[johnmadison]

Hilarious! Dave tried hard to make him squirm, but Bill handled it well. Like him or hate him, Bill Gates influenced our lives in a big way.

[neverwill]

“You could find other people who have the same unusual interests as you do” is the perfect description

[jeremytheoneofdestiny]

Bill’s answer to “why don’t I have a computer?” was just brilliant

[WaltDittrich]

Incredible to be reminded how far advanced we were then, but now nearly thirty years later how much has changed AGAIN.
I'd love to see Bill and Dave revisit this and see how they live now, with computers in your pocket, video streaming, etc.
Such vision!

[grownfolkbeats]

such a classic interview I hope this never gets lost in time

[richardayton]

Letterman listed a million devices to counter what you can do on a computer, without realising he was effectively proving you'll be able to trim those all down to one device.

[scottkelly]

I love when Dave asks where do you think this will go. And Bills final thought is "eventually we wanna make computers think". He was spot on with AI now here.

[donniemoder]

"The problem is you have too many assistants." Could not have known how right he was.

[whydidmyhandlechangefromAlice]

“Troubled loner chat room” is the internet.

[whipshinedetailing]

This is wild to watch, and to think back to being a kid and fascinated about the idea of the internet, I never would have imagined technology being what it is now.

[ThatOneStuff]

Im with Dave, that internet thing isnt going anywhere.

[aichan]

I've seen this interview when this was aired in the 90s. I will never forget this short, funny yet very insightful clip. I was looking for this for the longest time and wanted to show this to my mother as to what MS means to the computer and the beginning of the internet.

[tradingnas]

This guy just showed the difference between those with vision and those who will be always stuck in the past.