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Philanthropist Bill Gates on the competition between Apple and Samsung and the sales outlook for Windows 8 and the Surface.
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This just in tonight news apple could be in a whole galaxy -- heard Samsung galaxy that is big -- in the Big Apple -- our presents on.
Latest galaxies as for a launch party and hitting bottom part of -- below.
But lest you think the party is over for apple taken from another apple -- says.
That's a fast.
-- -- -- unbelievable company obviously.
You know I think Microsoft and a crazy come and credible company the work between Google's Samsung Microsoft apple.
The work we're doing to give.
Consumers some people are unbelievable tools where you know how voice recognition and you'll have inner tell it in cubs -- white board to be able to visualize data.
That is a -- sector of the economy.
And -- the only -- tonight.
I don't feel bad about not being their full time is this plant to be stopped is equally exciting.
-- but I I guess he did it serves as a reminder in the technology world and it's tough to stay on top or at least be everyone's tech.
Favorite -- I don't know whether the automatic replacement.
Good for apple then becomes.
You know Samsung but I type I do want to ask you about what you about Microsoft and windows eight.
It's come -- mixed reviews.
What do you think of of of windows that you've seen the product -- sure that you weren't just to pass instead of looking at that broadly that.
Well I'm very biased -- I -- what they'll say I use it all the time.
-- it's actually really taking off right now is as we look at the volumes of the download in the store.
The number of machines that are coming in with touch it this is -- on a change in the hardware.
They're not just gonna have the -- but you'll have -- as well -- we've got a lot lot of devices that are cutting out the benefits of tablet but also the benefits of the PC.
And so it's taken time to get those applications Don.
You know it got launched what now about 556.
Months ago.
And this is it gigantic here for windows save both on -- you don't find that launched disappointing in the progress on that -- disappointing.
Not at all not an accident reaction to the surface.
Both the first incarnation announced the through the windows.
-- incarnation disciplined.
Well we have very limited distribution it's only literally a month ago that we opened up to other stores so personal career doing fine.
It's only through the broad distribution you're gonna see serious number so you know over the next here it's going to sell millions.
It's an important product for Microsoft you know.
It I think the litigation and Arabs have at anybody's said was so -- take my tablet might PC.
What we've got there really answers that -- that with a single a fantastic device.
