I mention it because one HUGE failing of all tablets--except maybe Apples, but I wouldn't know--is their connectivity to your desktop pc. MS has what it takes to make that seamless. Whether they do or not is another story...they often make partial attempts that only increase frustrations, but sometimes they get it right.Kuron wrote:I am not sure why you bring up the desktop market and compatibility when Microsoft has made it clear that the ARM version of Windows 8 will not run x86 code.
Is that a serious statement??? I certainly hope not! Whether Apple has surpassed them or not is irrelevant...unless you think it will cause them to INCREASE their marketing budget. Just because they are no longer the largest company doesn't mean they are no longer marketing or budgeting for it. Here is a quote about their stability:As to advertising, now that Microsoft is the number 3 or 4 company (depending on the day), they simply don't have the budget they once had.
(Source: http://seekingalpha.com/article/314512- ... source=msn) With that kind of cash, they can do whatever they want to, as long as they put the right people behind it.A mini-Fort Knox in the making, the company [Microsoft] has total cash of $55.94 billion and debt of $ 22.05 million.
Sure, if a couple of the largest phone makers get on board, WebOs can take off. But just one phone or tab won't do it. It's got to be enough so the "big" app makers will port all of their apps over proactively. If the app makers don't do it proactively, then that means they have no faith in it. If there is no faith in it, then it's unlikely to grow. And looking at the current app store (which is relatively empty), apparently nobody had faith in it the first time around.
