ajst222
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First let me say; nice piece, I really enjoyed. And I will kind of agree with you and that Gates may have or not hold MS back. But although Ballmer had great intentions in many cases the execution was poorly done. As your piece pointed out Gates left in 2006; the iPhone came out in 2007 And Android 2008 respectively. So, Gates had a/two year already gone, so Ballmer had all the time to come up with a response/s but we cannot forget the infamous laugh at the first iPhone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U. Mr. Ballmer lack of vision and arrogance was what held WP back.
Thanks! I at least tried to make people think a bit . But like I said, development for Windows Phone started right after Gates took more time off. Who knows if they had to start from scratch or work with the "next gen OS" that they initially worked on from before. Either way, it would still take time for them to get it ready, which it did.
As far as the iPhone, to be fair, just about everyone laughed at it, not just Ballmer. I don't get why he's the only one who everyone points to. Consumers thought it was a joke too. The iPhone was basically worthless until the iPhone 4 came out (maybe the 3GS, but even that was ehh). That's when the iPhone really started to jump onto the scene.