[Electronics-Talk] FW: [GTTsupport] Bill Gates says letting Google launch Android was his 'greatest mistake…

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From: Jim Barbour via Electronics-Talk
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> On Jun 24, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Madison Martin via Electronics-Talk 
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> From: GTTsupport at groups.io [mailto:GTTsupport at groups.io] On Behalf Of 
> Albert Ruel
> Sent: June-24-19 12:37 AM
> To: GTTsupport at groups.io
> Subject: [GTTsupport] Bill Gates says letting Google launch Android was 
> his 'greatest mistake…
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> Bill Gates says letting Google launch Android was his 'greatest mistake'
> Author: Chelsea Ritschel
> Date Written: Jun 23, 2019 at 11:15 AM
> Date Saved: 6/23/19, 10:35 PM
> Source: 
> https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bill-gates-mistake-regret-android-google-microsoft-a8971266.html
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> Bill Gates says letting Google launch Android was his 'greatest mistake'
> Bill Gates reveals his 'greatest mistake'
> Bill Gates may be one of the most successful tech entrepreneurs of all 
> time, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t made some career errors.
> According to the Microsoft founder, who spoke at an event hosted by 
> Village Global, there is one mistake that he still regrets – and it was 
> allowing Google the opportunity to launch Android.
> Discussing how “the software world, in particular for platforms, are 
> winner-take-all markets”, Gates said: “The greatest mistake ever is the... 
> whatever mismanagement I engaged in that caused Microsoft not to be what 
> Android is.
> “That is, Android is the standard phone platform - non-Apple form - phone 
> platform. That was a natural thing for Microsoft to win.”
> Gates then elaborated, adding: “It really is winner take all. There’s room 
> for exactly one non-Apple operating system, and what’s that worth? $400bn 
> that would be transferred from company G to company M.”
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> Despite the error, the billionaire tech founder said Microsoft is still 
> “very strong”, but had it not been for his mistake, it would be “the 
> leading company” instead of “a leading company”.
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> Earlier in the conversation, the 63-year-old discussed the sacrifices he 
> made regarding his work/life balance when first starting out, which 
> included not “believing” in weekends or vacations.
> Since then, Gates has relaxed his mindset a bit, revealing that once he’d 
> reached his 30s he could “hardly even imagine how I had done that”.
> “Because by then, some natural behaviour kicked in, and I loved weekends,” 
> he said.
> Google acquired Android in 2005 for at least $50m (£39m). According to 
> Forbes, Gates is the second-richest person in the world, with a net worth 
> of $102.9bn (£81bn).
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> Thx, Albert
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