'My greatest mistake': Bill Gates regrets Microsoft losing on Android我最大的错误”:比尔·盖茨后悔微软在安卓系统上的失败Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has said that his "greatest mistake ever" was the company losing on the Android opportunity, which has costed Microsoft nearly $400 billion and made Google the real winner.

微软联合创始人兼慈善家比尔•盖茨曾表示，他有史以来最大的错误”是该公司错失了Android平台带来的机遇。

Android平台让微软损失了近4000亿美元，让谷歌成为了真正的赢家。

In an interview during an event hosted by venture capital firm Village Global, Gates revealed that the mistake was to allow Google to develop Android and not creating a profitable model themselves, reports TechCrunch.

据TechCrunch报道，在风险投资公司Village Global举办的一次活动中，盖茨在接受采访时透露，他犯的错误是允许谷歌开发Android系统，而不是自己创造盈利模式。

"In the software world, particularly for platforms, these are winner-take-all markets.

So the greatest mistake ever is whatever mismanagement I engaged in that caused Microsoft not to be what Android is.

That is, Android is the standard non-Apple phone platform.

That was a natural thing for Microsoft to win," Gates told Eventbrite cofounder and CEO Julia Hartz.

在软件世界，特别是在平台上，这些都是赢家通吃的市场。

因此，我所犯的最大错误，就是我的管理不善，导致微软无法成为Android。

也就是说，Android是标准的非苹果手机平台。

盖茨对Eventbrite联合创始人兼首席执行官朱莉娅o哈茨表示:微软能赢是很自然的事情。

"If you're there with half as many apps or 90 per cent as many apps, you're on your way to complete doom.

There's room for exactly one non-Apple operating system and what's that worth?

$400 billion that would be transferred from company G (Google) to company M (Microsoft)," he emphasised.

如果你在那里的应用程序数量只有现在的一半或90%，那么你就注定要完蛋了。

只有一个非苹果操作系统的空间，这值多少钱?

4000亿美元将从G公司(谷歌)转移到M公司(微软)。

Google acquired Android for just $50 million in 2005.

The original iPhone came out in 2007 and the first Android device was released in 2008.

谷歌在2005年以5000万美元的价格收购了Android。

第一代iPhone于2007年问世，第一部Android设备于2008年发布。

Android today has 85 per cent of the smartphone OS market and Microsoft Windows OS-based devices are nowhere to be seen.

如今，Android占据了智能手机操作系统市场85%的份额，而基于微软(Microsoft) Windows操作系统的设备却不见踪影。

Microsoft has asked its users to switch to an Android or iOS device as it announced the end of support for Windows 10 Mobile.

微软宣布不再支持Windows 10移动操作系统，并要求用户改用Android或iOS设备。

The company told users that Windows 10 Mobile will stop receiving new security updates after December 10.

该公司告诉用户，Windows 10手机将在12月10日后停止接收新的安全更新。

Gates stepped down as the CEO in 2000 and as Chief Software Architect in 2008.

Satya Nadella took over as the company's CEO in 2014.

盖茨于2000年辞去首席执行官一职，并于2008年辞去首席软件架构师一职。

2014年，萨蒂亚·纳德拉(Satya Nadella)接任该公司首席执行官。

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