An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 26, 2024
- April 25, 2024
- April 24, 2024
- April 23, 2024
- April 22, 2024
- April 21, 2024
- April 20, 2024
November 1, 2011 05:37 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vewCPuDmk8E/why-microsoft-killed-its-courier-tablet.html
Why Microsoft killed the Courier tablet
The short version: it was killed because making a cut-down Windows for tablets would "threaten" the desktop version that runs on all the hugely successful UMPC/MID/Slate tablets (pictured) that gave Microsoft its unassailable lead over Apple and Android. Then Bill Gates asked where the Exchange client was and had an allergic reaction when iPads were [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/vewCPuDmk8E/why-microsoft-killed-its-courier-tablet.html
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article