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Before iPhone and Android, Windows Mobile powered many of the smartphones that people brought. However, with the emergence of iPhone, HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 and other devices, the mobile field began to change. Microsoft has never become a leader in the mobile field. Recently, Bill Gates talked about this change.

In an interview with venture capital firm Village Global (via The Verge), Gates explained that Microsoft's loss to Android was his "biggest mistake." He went on to say that it was only natural for Microsoft that there was only room for non-Apple operating systems in the mobile market, but his "mismanagement" led Microsoft to lose to Android.

This is Gates' full offer:

"in software, especially for platforms, these are winner-take-all markets. So the biggest mistake was that any mismanagement I did caused Microsoft to stop doing Android. In other words, Android is the standard non-Apple, which makes sense for Microsoft. That's the real winner. If your application is only half of the application or 90% of the application, then you may have bad luck. There is only one non-Apple operating system, and $400 million worth of money will be transferred from G to M. For me, it was one of the biggest mistakes in history, and it was amazing. And with this antitrust lawsuit and all sorts of things 3354, our other assets-- Windows and Office-- are still very strong. So we are a leading company. If we make the right choice, we will be the leading company, but oh. "

Microsoft has a popular Windows Mobile platform, but after the debut of iPhone and Android, smartphones began to develop touch UI and software designed for it in different directions. At a meeting at the end of 2008, the company decided to restart mobile work, followed by the launch of Windows Phone, with some good products 3354. We are watching you, Nokia Lumia 900 Murray, but we have never been able to catch up with Android and iOS.

Bill Gates is one of the richest and most influential people in the world, so it's interesting to hear him talk about losing Android as one of his biggest mistakes ever. Now we know that Microsoft's move will eventually become expensive because the mobile market is huge and many people rely on smartphones as their primary computers. For Microsoft, the situation is still good, because its performance in Windows, Office and other products is still good, but if Microsoft makes some different decisions and consider opportunities, it will be interesting. Switch to Windows Phone early.

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