According to foreign media reports, Microsoft founder Bill Gates (Bill Gates) said that if Microsoft is not involved in the US Department of Justice from 1998 to 2000, launched its antitrust investigation, he believes that now everyone will use the Windows Mobile operating system. Earlier today, Gates spoke at the DealBook Conference "New York Times" organized by the mistakes revealed his views on Microsoft's smartphone operating system.
Gates claimed: "There is no doubt that antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft unfavorable, we ought to focus more on the development of mobile operating system, so today you will be using Windows Mobile instead of Android." "If not for the antitrust case to make I was distracted, so I screwed up. "
Migrating from Microsoft Windows Mobile to Windows Phone confusion for Android to flourish, then Microsoft has the largest opportunity in the mobile space, but gave up. Gates also said Microsoft also missed the opportunity to launch the Windows Mobile operating system on key Motorola phones.
Icon: Windows Phone 8.1
Gates explained: "We just three months later was released operating system version will be used on the Motorola phone, so to say, this is a winner-take-all game." "Now there is no one had heard of Windows Mobile, but that's it. bottom left corner of the horn of billions of dollars. "
It is not clear Gates refers Which Motorola phones, but Motorola's Droid series 10 years ago launched Android smartphone popularity. When the positive struggling Windows Mobile, Verizon and Motorola's efforts in the US market has really helped Android to succeed.
This is not the first time Gates reflect on the plight of Microsoft in the mobile space. Earlier this year, Gates said he lost Android is "the biggest mistake ever," admits the loss of $ 40 million.
2005年谷歌以5000万美元高价收购了Android，Windows Mobile是其主要竞争目标。前首席执行官埃里克·施密特（Eric Schmidt）承认，在2012年与甲骨文就Java问题进行的法律诉讼中，谷歌“非常担心微软的移动战略会取得成功”。Android成功地击败了Windows Mobile和Windows Phone操作系统，并成为移动世界中的Windows系统。（辰辰）