Some of the reasons behind Microsoft canning its dual-screen Courier tablet have leaked out and it seems that Bill Gates played a big part in the concept kit not becoming a reality



From Techradar:

Back in 2010, Gates did admit that a number of tablets were being proposed at the time the Courier surfaced and this rings true with information Cnet had procured, which reveals that two separate groups in Microsoft were vying to bring tablets to market.When Gates heard about the Courier tablet from Ballmer, he felt it was a piece of kit that wouldn't sit well within Microsoft's software-led ecosystem.

  Bill Gates put the kibosh on Microsoft's Courier plans