Bill Gates’ Legacy: Microsoft’s Top 10 Flops
Gates will be remembered as a visionary and PC industry leader. But even Microsoft’s Chairman hasn’t been right in all of his bets. Microsoft-Watch has a top 10 list of his flops that is well worth a look for all in the tech industry.
10. No Microsoft Linux!: Microsoft could have and should have done its own version of Linux. It could have bought a Linux distro vendor or just christened some branch of Windows (with some Unix-compatibility add-ons) as Microsoft Linux. By doing this, Microsoft could have thrown a real monkey wrench into Linux companies’ plans. Instead, Microsoft continues to spend lots of money, time and attention fighting open-source software on a whole host of fronts. They should have joined the camp, rather than obsessing on beating them.
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