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posted by martyb on Saturday November 09 2019, @07:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the antitrust-works dept.

Bill Gates Says You Would Be Using Windows Mobile & Not Android Right Now If It Weren't for the Pesky Feds...

Bill Gates has said that he thinks everyone would be using Windows Mobile right now and not Android if it weren't for his distractions and the antitrust investigation that his company got caught into.

"There's no doubt that the antitrust lawsuit was bad for Microsoft, and we would have been more focused on creating the phone operating system and so instead of using Android today you would be using Windows Mobile," Gates claimed during his speech at The New York Times' DealBook Conference.

[...] Microsoft cofounder also revealed that the company was almost launching Windows Mobile on a Motorola handset but missed out on it by a few months, giving Android an unbeatable advantage. While there were a lot of factors, Gates says it's this 3-months delay that led to Android's supremacy and the downfall of any mobile efforts by Microsoft.

"We were just three months too late on a release Motorola would have used on a phone, so yes it's a winner takes all game."

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 09 2019, @03:01PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 09 2019, @03:01PM (#918265)

    Blame some one else for your own failings.

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  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 09 2019, @04:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 09 2019, @04:30PM (#918316)

    Like nullo bzipitidoo does? He was asked a fair question, repeatedly ran from it and downmoderated it to hide it several dozen times already https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=34489&page=1&cid=916679#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] and also complains about a FAILED PROJECT (his life, not a real job) blaming it on others as defective product LEFTIST NULLOS (lmao) do.