Microsoft's Windows OS is arguably one of the most popular operating systems out there, powering as many as billions of PCs and laptops around the world. It's insane to have that kind of a presence and dominate the market. Their mobile OS side of the story, however, is not so rosy.

Yes, we're talking about the Windows Phone OS that never really took off in a huge way. In fact, Windows Phones are dead now and we're only left with Android and iOS as two of the most prominent mobile OS on the market.

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Well, it turns out, the thought of not being able to make it big in the mobile OS space is still something that bothers Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft. He revealed the same in a recent interview in which he talked about the role of Big Tech in India and digital adoption.

When Bill Gates was asked about "a missed opportunity" of his life, he said that Microsoft not being able to develop a decent mobile operating system for smartphones was one of the biggest missed opportunities in his life.

“You know, Microsoft did not end up doing the phone operating system well enough. I made mistakes there that I regret,” he said. Here, check out the short snippet from the interview below -

Well, you know what Mr. Gates? We miss the Windows Phone OS too and we would love to see it making a comeback someday to compete with this extremely saturated market of smartphones.

Windows Phone OS, for those of you who don't know, is a thing of the past now. They were somewhat popular back in 2010, but they never really took off in a big way. We had a very limited set of phones running the OS, primarily from Nokia.

A lot of interesting developments happened later, but sadly we didn't see anything significant. But this conversation about Bill Gates looking at Windows Phone OS as a missed opportunity has reignited the topic and we wonder what would it be like if Microsoft made a new mobile OS today and tried competing with Android and iOS.

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