Bill Gates revealed his greatest mistake of all time made Microsoft miss its opportunity with Android, partly due to mismanagement and antitrust-related issues. However, Android co-founder Rich Miner says Bill Gates is more responsible than he's letting on.

Bill Gates, considered a technological visionary, admits that his biggest mistake was neglecting the mobile operating systems market. This oversight allowed Google to create Android, which dominated the market and achieved the success that could have belonged to Microsoft.

Bill Gates recently reflected on Microsoft’s missed opportunity during an interview with Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz. “The greatest mistake of all time is the mismanagement I engaged in that caused Microsoft not to be what Android is,

Microsoft lost to Android in the race to dominate the mobile market, and the tech giant's co-founder Bill Gates, in a recent interview, admitted to the same. Now, Android co-founder Rich Miner has blamed Gates for this failure. He claimed that the Microsoft co-founder himself played a key role in the downfall.

Android co-founder Rich Miner has attributed Microsoft’s mobile market failure to Bill Gates, stating that Gates was responsible for losing the smartphone wars to Android. Miner revealed he developed Android to prevent Microsoft from monopolizing mobile the way it did PCs.

Bill Gates explained that the costly blunder occurred when Microsoft failed to secure a strong position in the mobile phone market.

The American businessman confessed some 'mismanagement' in Microsoft meant the organization lost out on a major opportunity.

Rich Miner, co-founder of Android, has pointed the finger at Bill Gates for Microsoft’s inability to dominate the mobile market.