Issues for 2012 #2: Is Windows 8 Too Late? (readwriteweb)
The memo has already gone out to the various book editors, news editors, and
technology analysts: The proper phrase is not “tablet PC” any more. A tablet
and a PC are perceived by both consumers and businesses as two separate
classes of device. You probably saw the TV ads this season where Santa’s elves
kicked out the 4G smartphones and tablets, and dispensed with the old gifts
nobody wants. “Bye, bye, computer,” the elves sang to an old Johnny Mathis
tune.
Since its very inception, Microsoft’s business model has been about leverage.
It uses its established foundation in one popular platform to extend another.
The advance of the tablet form factor had been announced further ahead of time
than Margaret Thatcher announced the surge on the Falklands. It’s not like
Microsoft didn’t see this coming. But in 20/20 hindsight, it’s remarkable to
see now how the company appears to have actively worked to thwart that
advance, to slow it down, by introducing potential form factors that could
deflect interest in tablets – for example, an embedded device that could
reveal the weather forecast and present your e-mails, that could be sewn to
one’s luggage.
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