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"Rose asked that if he'd known then what he knows now, would he have vertically integrated his magic, "the way Steve Jobs did."
Gates explained that it was new form factors that dictated the idea of vertical integration. Gates protected his Windows manufacturers like HP and Dell, but only a little.
"I actually believe you can have the best of both worlds. You can have a rich ecosystem of manufacturers and you can have a few signature devices that show off, you know, wow, what's the difference between a tablet and a PC.""

Gates: Apple may have to make a Surface-like device | Technically Incorrect - CNET News