Current Microsoft Corporation Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner made the comparison and called the iPhone 4 Apple’s Windows Vista.
“It looks like iPhone 4 might be their Vista and I’m okay with that,” Kevin Turner, Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, told an audience during the Worldwide Partner Conference on July 14.
If you are not aware (at this point, everyone is), Turner was poking fun at his main rival, referring to the dismay that consumers had at his own company due to Vista having to have several major updates and Service Packs before the operating system’s bugs and compatibility issues were resolved.
The latest iPhone has had major antenna issues, with Apple founder Steve Jobs even calling the problem “Antennagate”. Apple tried to ratify the problem at its June 16th conference by offering free bumpers and making sure that the company threw its rivals (primarily RIM and Motorola) under the bus. Jobs even went the length to demonstrate reception issues with the rival’s phones.