Times are a changing...
Earlier I was speaking with a friend about the new Microsoft 8 OS - HTML 5 / Javascript GUI mess that is coming. He made a good point that Microsoft has never been good when it comes to something new and original. They always need someone else to open the door, then they rush in and take over with great success! Here is just some of the projects Microsoft has started with other vendors that lead to great products... Sega Dreamcast running Windows CE = XBOX STEAM = Games for Windows Sybase Database = SQL Server Products Citrix = Windows Terminal Services Netscape = Internet Explorer Firefox = IE upgrades IBM OS/2 = Window iPod = Zune (okay - this one no so great!) Java = .NET (hiring they guy who made Delphi - a true VB Killer!) So now they are trying to get Windows OS on tablets (Windows 7 Mobile is going nowhere fast). The tablet market is a market that has bascially ignored them and is either iPad or everyone else (Android on generic hardware like HP and Samsung, etc). Well, ther