Persistent little disruptors, ain't they?
You'd almost think they were getting paid to do it. Either that or they're sick in the head. I prefer to think that they are mercenary bass turds, since that's easier to cure.
We know from his own statements that Puget works for Microsoft; I don't know for sure about the others.
Regardless of that, the word has been out for a few months from Redmond, that since Windows 7, as excellent a product as it is, isn't getting market penetration as quickly as MSFT would like, it's time to trash the competition again.
XP (Win7's true competition) is deeply embedded in the business workplace and a lot of homes where it's doing everything the user needs. It's proving really hard to shoehorn it out and replace it with Win7. But trashing Win XP isn't quite as satisfying as trashing Apple.
So while MSFT pulls the rug out from under XP (e.g. makes new products like IE9 incompatible with it, when they could certainly have made it compatible), the folks whose paychecks are signed in Redmond have been told that it's time to trash the folks in Cupertino and all who support them.
Which is a shame. Win7 is a truly great OS. I use it on a couple different machines, every day, and like it. If I were doing MSFT's marketing, I'd be talking about how great it is, not how Apple's niche success is false. But then, those guys are richer than I am, so they must be smarter than I am, right?
Wow!
I also work for Apple, you forgot that...
Honestly if I were MSFT, I'd be finding a way to integrate the new versions of MS Office, SharePoint and OCS with the iPad platform.
Speaking of, the new versions of MS Office 2010, Sharepoint 2010 and Office Communicator are really slick, especially the "presence" features and ability to collaborate anywhere. If MS was smart, they'd find a way to co-opt the iPad into their strategy and beat Apple at their own game.
I've been a pc guy for 25+ years, but what alot of people miss is that the iPad is a transformational device because of it's simplicity, functionality and the 'natural' way one can use it. As other slate type devices come onto the market and do the same thing, Apple will see real competition, but the bigger challenge is in MS finding a way to make these slate devices that run iOS and Droid work with their platforms. That's what alot of users are really starting to demand.