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Finally they've accepted the fact that they need to optimize to apple products, the Gates mentality has been blocking innovation in this area and this might be

Finally they've accepted the fact that they need to optimize to apple products, the Gates mentality has been blocking innovation in this area and this might be the breakthrough !

k-mcgrady 13y ago
Huh? What does this have to do with Gates? Under Gates leadership MS has been developing software for Apple since the 90's. Edit: Fixed possible factual error.
- chrisdevereux 13y ago
  They've released for Apple since basically forever. The Apple II shipped with Microsoft Basic for a while, IIRC.
  - rimantas 13y ago
    IIRC the MS Excel, a cornerstone of the MS Office was first released for Mac, and only later for Windows.
  - Dale1 13y ago
    And don't forget Explorer for Mac back in the day :)
- bdcravens 13y ago
  If you listen to recent interviews, he still holds to the view that Microsoft has always been the true innovator with regard to tablets, and that's where serious business computing takes place.
  - pionar 13y ago
    Yes, Microsoft put out the first tablet computers (with Toshiba's help, I believe) in the early 2000s. The problem was that they got it very wrong.
    - k-mcgrady 13y ago
      >> "The problem was that they got it very wrong." I think that's a little unfair. The technology just wasn't ready yet. The one place they got it really wrong was with the OS but we didn't have WiFi yet (well most people didn't), we didn't have the kind of touch displays we have now, flash storage wasn't cost effective so they probably used HDD's. They had the general idea right but were too early. Unfortunately when the tech was ready MS was too slow.
    - com2kid 13y ago
      Actually, early 90s, and they were second! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_for_Pen_Computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_for_Pen_Computing (Watch some of the youtube demos, really cool)
- zyadsherif 13y ago
  While you are right, you might want to check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GxLS7PqEbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GxLS7PqEbM Gates has attacked the iPad on every interview claiming that it's useless.

Finally they've accepted the fact that they need to optimize to apple products, the Gates mentality has been blocking innovation in this area and this might be the breakthrough !

k-mcgrady 13y ago

Huh? What does this have to do with Gates? Under Gates leadership MS has been developing software for Apple since the 90's. Edit: Fixed possible factual error.

chrisdevereux 13y ago
They've released for Apple since basically forever. The Apple II shipped with Microsoft Basic for a while, IIRC.
- rimantas 13y ago
  IIRC the MS Excel, a cornerstone of the MS Office was first released for Mac, and only later for Windows.
- Dale1 13y ago
  And don't forget Explorer for Mac back in the day :)
bdcravens 13y ago
If you listen to recent interviews, he still holds to the view that Microsoft has always been the true innovator with regard to tablets, and that's where serious business computing takes place.
- pionar 13y ago
  Yes, Microsoft put out the first tablet computers (with Toshiba's help, I believe) in the early 2000s. The problem was that they got it very wrong.
  - k-mcgrady 13y ago
    >> "The problem was that they got it very wrong." I think that's a little unfair. The technology just wasn't ready yet. The one place they got it really wrong was with the OS but we didn't have WiFi yet (well most people didn't), we didn't have the kind of touch displays we have now, flash storage wasn't cost effective so they probably used HDD's. They had the general idea right but were too early. Unfortunately when the tech was ready MS was too slow.
  - com2kid 13y ago
    Actually, early 90s, and they were second! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_for_Pen_Computing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_for_Pen_Computing (Watch some of the youtube demos, really cool)
zyadsherif 13y ago
While you are right, you might want to check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GxLS7PqEbM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GxLS7PqEbM Gates has attacked the iPad on every interview claiming that it's useless.