Prediction: This Statement Is Going To Come Back To Bite Microsoft In The Ass

" It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I'm okay with that. " That was Microsoft COO Kevin Turner during his keynote speech at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington today. I'm going to go out on a (not very big) limb and predict that this comment is going to come back to bite Microsoft in the ass. Microsoft has a long, illustrious history of putting its foot in its own mouth with comments like this. But usually it's CEO Steve Ballmer making the comments . Ballmer's most famous remarks are also about the iPhone. After it was announced in 2007 (but before it launched) Ballmer seemed willing to tell anyone who would listen that the device would fail. Who can forget this video ?