Bill Gates was the one who killed the awesome dual-screen
Courier  Bill Gates is often credited for inventing the tablet
and predicting its ubiquity 10 years before Apple released the
iPad. That's why it's extremely saddening to finally find out
that it was Gates himself that killed the amazing dual-screen
Courier concept tablet that Microsoft was planning.  The story
goes like this: J Allard was the thinking man behind the Courier
— a tablet meant to complement a PC (not replace) and a
smartphone. Allard's main problem with the Courier was that he
didn't want it to run Windows (or at least not any bulky desktop
version) and that's where things broke down.  Steven Sinofsky,
President of the Windows Division at Microsoft didn't want any
Microsoft hardware to not run Windows. The problem reached the
top of the Microsoft chain and landed on CEO Steve Ballmer's
desk. He didn't know what to do, so he asked his trusty pal Bill
Gates for advice.  What'd Bill say? Kill it.  Okay, maybe not
those exact words, but he w