"Sorry, Bill": Android co-founder says Bill Gates is responsible for "the greatest mistake of all time," costing Microsoft $400 billion

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It really is a winner-take-all.

Theres room for exactly one non-Apple operating system, and whats that worth?

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at an event for the Alliance for Global Good Gender Equity and Equality in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.

Bill Gates is more responsible for “the greatest mistake of all time,” which was missing the mobile market.

$400 billion that would be transferred from company G [Google] to company M [Microsoft].

Interestingly, Android co-founderRich Miner shares a different accounton Bill Gates and Microsoft’s missed opportunity with Android.

So it’s always funny for me to hear Gates whine about losing mobile to Android."

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates speaks to the press.

The Android co-founder further indicated that he was worried Microsoft would end up controlling mobile like PCs.

Bill Gates speaks onstage for a special conversation during "What’s Next? The Future With Bill Gates"at The Paris Theater on September 26, 2024 in New York City.

Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates (left) and Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivers the keynote address during the 2006 Macworld.

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a keynote speech on the closing day of the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.