Bill Gates Says Windows Phone Strategy Was Inadequate

Posted by Unknown on Monday February 18, 2013 @12:47PM from the not-the-worst-thing dept.

puddingebola writes "Perhaps it isn't newsworthy, but Bill Gates has characterized Microsoft's mobile and smartphone strategies as 'a mistake.' From the article: 'In an interview with CBS This Morning's Charlie Rose on Monday, Gates admitted he wasn't pleased with Microsoft's performance in the mobile market, going as far as to characterize the company's smartphone strategy as "a mistake." "We didn't miss cell phones," Gates said. "But the way that we went about it didn't allow us to get the leadership, so it's clearly a mistake."'"

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Re:big by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-18 15:44 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If it were not for IBM and only corps and engineers buying computers in the 1980s the Mac would have one easily..
I think you mean "won" not "one". And living in a world with one company making hardware AND software would have been SO much better. How is this drivel modded insightful?