Bill Gates said Steve Jobs caught Microsoft 'flat-footed' with launch of iTunes Store
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was caught off guard with the launch and structure of Apple's iTunes Store in 2003, with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once again putting Gates in catch-up mode, according to an internal email that surfaced this week. Dug up by Internal Tech Emails and posted to Twitter, Gates' correspondence was made public in the Comes v. Microsoft class action lawsuit from 2000. In the letter to Microsoft executives, Gates vented about Apple's — more specifically Jobs' — ability to beat the industry in obtaining beneficial licensing deals for the then-new iTunes ...