Microsoft has become mildly famous -- in hindsight -- for being early, far too early, to important technology products and trend swings. Is history repeating itself with the Surface Pro 3?
From Computerworld:
From Computerworld:
Microsoft has become mildly famous -- in hindsight -- for being early, far too early, to important technology products and trend swings. There were reasons why Microsoft failed in those early attempts -- technology and connectivity and usage reasons -- but what everyone remembers is that the people in Redmond, Wash. jumped the gun.Perspective: The Surface Pro is Microsofts latest premature introduction problem
And then when rivals -- standing, many would argue -- on the shoulders of Microsoft, launched products that redefined a market or created a new one, the company was caught flat-footed.