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Although Microsoft managed to beat Apple in the computer industry, it has failed to evolve fast enough in the smartphone era. Additionally, Microsoft had a mobile operating system first, but it quickly fell behind Google. Gates thinks the antitrust trial the company was facing at the time served as a major distraction at the time which negatively impacted the progress of the interface. Moreover, he thinks the company failed to assign enough staff to work on the mobile aspect of things. "Our other assets like Windows and Office are still very strong, so we are a leading company," Gates shared in an interview. "If we had gotten that one right, we would be the leading company, but oh well."
