[Secret Agent Man]

Was considering an iPad to try.

Since Jobs replaced himself with a sodomite, don’t think I’ll be sending money apple’s way anytime soon.

Watch for the new iFag coming your way next year.

[antiRepublicrat]

First, notebooks started taking over for desktops, but MS had a solid position in notebooks.

Then netbooks started taking over for notebooks, and Microsoft wasn’t in that market. However, Microsoft was quite successful at reusing its old Windows XP and later Windows 7 in netbooks.

Now we have tablets. Microsoft can’t leverage Windows anymore, because it doesn’t work. Microsoft can no longer take advantage of the massive application base, because it doesn’t run on Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft is starting off in a market dominated by Apple with Android coming up fast. Microsoft is going to need some leverage. I’ve already seen they’re trying to leverage in business with connectivity with their enterprise software.

But for the consumers Microsoft only has two things. They have a large base of Microsoft developers for whom a switch from desktop Windows to WP7 won’t be too difficult. But even then that will just get WP7 up to app availability parity with the competition, not put Microsoft ahead. Then they can hope tying to XBox Live can give the platform a much needed boost.

It’s going to be a tough uphill climb for Microsoft in this. Microsoft will fail if they don’t finally get management that can lead instead of follow. They obviously have enough smart engineers and developers.

[Swordmaker]

Is the iPad killing Microsoft? Absurd question, but someone posed this straw man and then is answering it...PING

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