I saw a video of a funeral parade MS did for iPhone when they launched their Windows 7 phone. It was pathetic and idiotic. Nobody kills anybody dead in that market these days.
And there are those that thought the Droids were gong to be the iPhone killer... those are killin' it so much that Verizon will probably get their own iPhone by New Years. :)
Yeah, I saw that too, and there was at least one FR thread about it.
When you consider the pressure the engineers must have been under to develop the WinPho7, it's not surprising that they would, a) want to celebrate, and b) be so totally whipped that they'd do something silly.
But hey, I love a parade, even a silly one. :)
I'm only surprised that Microsoft didn't spend $100M on it. That's their usual style...
... and competition is good in any market.
The iPad with NO competition would be bad for the iPad anyway.