Microsoft screwed up with the Surface tablet...

[Jaywood2010]

ECM said:

I agree w/ the OP, BUT is anyone surprised by this? This is another, desperate, 'me too!' attempt by Ballmer Co., which has proven, repeatedly, that it simply can't make money outside of their core competency of OS' and Office apps. They *need* new blood in this company *desperately* and until they get rid of the dinosaurs steering the ship, repeatedly, onto the rocks, it won't happen at the top which is where it is in most desperate need of a transfusion.

 (And please: don't even bring up the XBOX brand as a "success"*--it's only a success in the sense that it, finally, after losing untold billions, is turning small profits. From a biz standpoint, the XBOX brand is another loser but in light of things like Zune (and the pile of acquisitions that turned to ****), and perhaps Surface, it's a freaking overnight success story.)

*This is not a knock on the games, so settle down fanboys.

You're talking about 1 of the biggest companies in the world and acting like you have a clue.  MSFT OS makes a ton of money and so does XBOX as well as XBOX LIVE.  Kinect has been a success, Windows phones are gaining ground and are already approaching 3rd place in marketshare.  The only failure they've had as of lately is the Zune Player which they are now renaming.   They do smart business and as they bridge a tablet with notebooks it wouln't be doubtful that this is a success.  MSFT doesn't make something for a year at a time.  This is a long term investment.  If you don't like XBOX, then that is fine, but what they did with it was a smart strategy.  If you can't see that then you are blind.  But to act like a company like MSFT is a failure is ridiculous, especially since most likely you are on a Windows PC right now?