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   From: fishman1945dec@willcox.net   
      
   On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:04:31 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > In message , Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >   
   >> Microsoft will simply co-opt the ARM tablet market through sweet-seeming   
   >> OEM deals and some plain old browbeating, push the hardware to become more   
   >> and more powerful, and larger and larger, until it moves out of the tablet   
   >> arena, thus all but killing the market.  Just like it did with the small   
   >> netbooks.   
   >   
   > But they haven¢t been able to do that so far. Remember ARM has been around   
   > for 20-something years, and Microsoft¢s ongoing Windows Mobile failures   
   > aren¢t much younger than that. They simply cannot control the ARM market; if   
   > they could, they would have done so already.   
      
   Personal opinion is Microsoft is too late this time.   
      
   They are talking about 2013 I believe and correct me if I am wrong.   
   By then, tablets, assuming they catch on, will be everywhere and it   
   will be the same scenario as the Windows phone.   
   Microsoft used to carry a lot of clout in the industry and companies   
   and people would wait for their products.   
   That is no longer true.   
   People want solutions NOW and the company first with a good product   
   will win.   
      
      
   Yes, they did clobber Linux in the netbook market but they weren't   
   that far behind.   
   The year 2013 is a lifetime in time when it comes to computers.   
      
   The iPad is pretty neat and going to be difficult to clone but price   
   might be the determining factor for the consumer so who knows.   
      
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