Bill Gates, the primary founder of Microsoft talked about his mistakes. It was impressive to see him go ahead and share his biggest mistake while leading Microsoft. Gates was talking to Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz at an event hosted by Village Global.
Gates shared details about his biggest mistake. While disclosing the issue, he also admitted about mismanagement at Microsoft. His biggest mistake is Microsoft losing out to Android in the smartphone market. Gates revealed that the software world, or rather the world of platforms is all about the winner taking it all. He even states that his mismanagement made Android the standard non-Apple smartphone platform. A market that Microsoft should have won naturally. Having half or about 90 percent as many as apps as your rival will result in you losing out to your rival.
In fact, Gates also evaluated Android to be around $400 billion, an amount that Microsoft should have earned. In addition, Gates also expressed his surprise at the survival of Microsoft, in spite of this mistake. Gates was surprised that Windows and Office are still very strong . He also referred to the antitrust lawsuits that made things hard for the company back in the day. Gates noted that if Microsoft got that one right , it would be the company in the tech world.
