Gates not worried about Google in mobile software market
July 30th, 2007
Looks like Bill Gates has jumped aboard the Google-bashing train once more. In an interview with the NY Times Gates stated that Microsoft were not concerned by any attempt by Google to penetrate the mobile phone software market. Microsoft currently has 10% of the market and Google have announced to be preparing to enter this arena. However rather than just say that he wasn’t worried, Gates launched a wee pre-emptive strike about the guys at the plex
They’ve introduced about 30 different products; they have one profit-making product. So you’re now making a prediction without ever seeing the software that they’re going to have the world’s best phone and it’s going to be free?”
I’m not sure to which products Bill is referring but even if they have 30 products which suck (financially speaking of course) obviously the big one is providing them with a healthy enough income to report a billion dollar profit in the first quarter this year. I just think this is Bill trying to be bullish about Google so that the MS faithful doesn’t lose, err, faith.
If Google do indeed enter into the mobile software market then I’m sure, even if their products are unprofitable, those products will be of Google’s usual quality and hopefully pricing structure! ;)
Source: Reuters
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Wow another anti Microsot blog. I am sick of all these. Gates is right Microsoft has 30 successful products don’t judge them just by Vista. Google is just Internet Company, they came out with Chrome which is like the worst Web Browser ever. But nobody is talking about it. I don’t know why people do that, I have seen thousands of Windows terrible reviews, even before its release, so its probably the Mac and Linux guys who are trying hard to take Microsoft out.