Editing Stevenote (section)

==History==
In late 1996, Apple purchased [[NeXT]], and Jobs returned to Apple after an 11-year hiatus following his [[Steve Jobs#1974–1985|forced resignation from the company]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |author-last1=Hartmans |author-first2=Matt |author-last2=Weinberger |author-first1=Avery |title=Steve Jobs would have been 65 on Monday. Here's how the late Apple CEO saved the company from disaster and set it on the path to a $1 trillion valuation. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-jobs-apple-photos-2017-1 |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> In mid-1997, he delivered a keynote address, with a detailed report on the company's status, featuring a [[satellite]] appearance by Microsoft CEO [[Bill Gates]]. Jobs announced a partnership with Microsoft with several key agreements which, according to him, would benefit Apple and allow it to recover from the prolonged decline of the early and mid-1990s. Two major announcements were made during the keynote: the next release of [[Microsoft Office]] (Office 98) would be developed for the Macintosh, and Microsoft's [[Internet Explorer for Mac|Internet Explorer]] would be the default [[web browser]] on Macintosh computers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guglielmo |first=Connie |date=7 October 2012|title=A Steve Jobs Moment That Mattered: Macworld, August 1997 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/connieguglielmo/2012/10/07/a-steve-jobs-moment-that-mattered-macworld-august-1997/ |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><!-- Forbes staff, not Forbes contributor. Source is acceptable. Citation applies to most of this paragraph --> Despite heckling from the audience, Jobs explained why the partnership was favorable to Apple:

{{Blockquote|text=The era of setting this up as a competition between Apple and Microsoft is over, as far as I'm concerned. This is about getting Apple healthy, and this is about Apple being able to make incredibly great contributions to the industry to get healthy and prosper again. |author=Steve Jobs |source= ''Mac History'' (6 August 1997), Christoph Dernbach<!-- |url=http://www.mac-history.net/apple-history-tv/2008-07-19/macworld-boston-1997-steve-jobs-returns-bill-gates-appeares-on-screen |last1= Dernbach |first1=Christoph |date= 6 August 1997 |website= Mac History |publisher= author |access-date= 17 June 2016-->|title= MacWorld Boston 1997 – Steve Jobs returns – Bill Gates appears on-screen }}

Jobs later gave keynote addresses at trade expositions and conferences at least once a year, in which he announced updates to Apple products or demonstrated new products and services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snell |first=Jason |date=June 29, 2016 |title=A look back at Steve Jobs' most colorful keynote moments |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/228313/a-look-back-at-steve-jobs-most-colorful-keynote-moments.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Macworld |language=en}}</ref> Nearly every product upgrade or announcement in the next 13 years was made during a Stevenote. Among products so-announced were the original [[iMac]] all-in-one [[desktop computer]] in 1998, the clamshell [[iBook]] in 1999, the [[macOS|Mac OS X]] operating system in 2000, the [[iPod]] music player in 2001, the [[iPhone]] [[smartphone]] in 2007, and the [[iPad]] tablet in 2010.