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:

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.

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.

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