JMH
Emeritus, Contributor
- Apr 2, 2012
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Monday 06-18-12. Today should be the mark of a new time for Microsoft. The [FONT=inherit !important][FONT=inherit !important]tablet[/FONT][/FONT], Microsoft’s own should be released today. That is the expectation from many observers because they will be making an announcement Monday afternoon to introduce a tablet computer of its own design that runs on a new version of its Windows 8 operating system. In fact, it is the first time in the company’s 37-year history that it will offer a computer of its own creation. Why now? Well maybe because the device is aimed purposely at Apple’s successful iPad, which has begun to threaten Microsoft’s hegemony in the computer business.
Now or Never
The old ways may be the dead ways. What ways? In Microsoft’s world, they licensed their OS to PC manufacturers. They let the PC manufacturers do their thing, as long as the Microsoft OS ran without a glitch. But that’s not how Apple did it.
http://www.everything-microsoft.com/2012/06/17/microsofts-change-plan/