The biggest mistake of Bill Gates when he was CEO Microsoft

For nearly 25 years held the position of CEO Microsoft, Bill Gates has a lot of crucial decisions taken startup founded by him and Paul Allen became a technology giant insect with hundreds of billions of dollars worth and self Bill Gates became the richest man in the world for many years.

However, every CEO who also make mistakes, especially the CEO of the largest technology companies and Bill Gates is no exception.

According to Brad Silverberg, who held the position of senior vice president of Microsoft to 9 years, Gates made two serious mistakes hinder development capabilities of the company under the direction of such deficiencies in the efforts of the Gates lobbyists and failed to take advantage of the internet in the early days.

"I think the biggest mistake is not Bill soon won the support of the government while Microsoft's competitors have effectively mobilized the support of the US government. The attitude of the Bill makes Microsoft isolated, "Silverberg shared on Quora.

Silverberg said that Gates does not have the political influence and activities with the government corridors early enough because he believes Microsoft compete fairly and can generate enough value to customers. But Gates' approach is a disaster because it is the main reason that the US government and the European Union declared war against Microsoft.

In 2000, Thomas Penfield Jackson judge has ruled that Microsoft violated antitrust laws when distributing Internet Explorer with Windows. Although Microsoft eventually won the lawsuit with the Department of Justice in 2001, but many belief that this lawsuit affects Microsoft's dominance in this area.

"Bill has a period of trouble in trying to adapt to the opportunities and risks of the internet. It's understandable because everything was going well when you own Windows in the late 90s, the promiscuous what you must change. Bill wants to protect Windows and does not give an approach can ensure the pioneers of Windows and Microsoft systems strategy. the result is Microsoft's strategic position has declined in of 2000. Currently, Microsoft has understood the problem and changes quite late, though, "Silverberg said.

Still, Silverberg still spends a lot of respect for Gates and that he is one of the greatest CEO.