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Steve Ballmer wishes Windows Mobile 7 had already launched, but they screwed up

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just finished his keynote during the company’s Venture Capital Summit where he said some interesting things about Windows Mobile 7…

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just finished his keynote during the company’s Venture Capital Summit where he said some interesting things about Windows Mobile 7 according to several tweets submitted during his speech:

Here:

Ballmer says they screwed up with Windows Mobile. Wishes they had already lauched WM7. They completely revamped the team.

and here:

Ballmer re: poor execution in Windows Mobile: “we’ve pumped in some new talent and said ‘This will not happen again’”

Source: Twitter and WMPoweruser

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