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Bill Gates: Apple's Done a Great Job, Microsoft Has Many Tablet Projects

Posted May 4, 2010 at 11:21am by iClarified · 7495 views
In an interview with FOX Business Network, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett offered some praise for Apple and some information on Microsoft's tablet plans.

Gates on Microsoft’s tablet projects:
“Microsoft has a lot of different tablet projects that we're pursuing. We think that work with the pen that Microsoft pioneered will become a mainstream for students. It can give you a device that you can not only read, but also create documents at the same time.”

On Apple:
Buffett: “Steve Jobs has done a terrific job. And there will be companies that excel. And occasionally they will excel because of luck, but usually they excel because of brains.”

Gates: ‘Yes, I think both in general and in the specific, Apple's done a great job.”

Recently Microsoft killed the Courier Tablet project so its good to know they're pursuing other projects.

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