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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 10 2019, @08:35AM (1 child)
He got that money uh... fair and square.
OK maybe not, but there are still better ways to attack the B&MG Foundation.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 10 2019, @08:50AM
Are there, really? I suppose that Bill and Melinda have lived so far inside of a gated community that they have never witnessed a hungry American? Or, an American with holes in his shoes? Or, an American with shabby clothes, headed for a job interview for yet another dead-end job that won't pay for a new wardrobe?
Despite the fact that America is one of, if not THE richest nations on earth, there is plenty of opportunity to be charitable at home. GP makes a valid point, IMO. If I were to load up my truck with all of the cash, in US twenty dollar bills, and drive around looking for worthy causes, I could empty the truck in pretty short order. Take your choice of cities, or small towns. You may (or may not) have to look a little harder out in rural America - that's debatable.
For clarity, "worthy causes" for me would be individuals with hard luck stories, not "not-for-profit" charities. Those "charities" that actually pass on 50% or more of the money they rake in are exceptions, rather than the rule.