Bill Gates internal email reveals shock and awe at iTunes Store deal"Steve Jobs' ability to focus in on a few things that count, get people who get user interface right and market things as revolutionary are amazing things."
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A new internal email has revealed how Bill Gates reacted to Apple's iTunes store back in 2003.
He said the deal Apple was struck was better "than anyone else has gotten for music", and that it was "very strange" to him.
He also said Microsoft needed to move fast in order to generate a competing product.
A newly-uncovered internal email sent from Bill Gates to Microsoft employees has revealed how he was seemingly awestruck by the deal Apple struck with the music industry for iTunes, and how he thought Microsoft needed to move quickly to keep up.
The email comes from the Comes vs Microsoft antitrust case and was uncovered by Internal Tech Emails. Bill Gates sent the email on April 30, 2003, subject title 'Apple's Jobs again... and time to have a great Windows download service...'. The email states:
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Bill Gates internal email reveals shock and awe at iTunes Store deal
