Microsoft as a Dinosaur: When the Right Claw Doesn't Know What the Left Claw Is Doing
November 20, 2007
Microsoft is officially supportive of the new Tablet PC products. These are products that have a distinct edge over Apple's MacIntosh line.
The 2007 Tablet PCs come with Vista. Here is just about the only niche market where Vista offers real advantages over XP. First, it comes with good quality voice-recognition software installed. Second, it comes with Microsoft's free-form data base, One Note 2007, which is a superior product.
A person can sit with a Tablet PC in his lap or on his desk, dictate into the machine (a headset microphone is best, but not required), and then file and store what he has just dictated for easy retrieval: multiple keywords. This is a great way to take notes on what you are reading.
But when you search for "Tablet PC" and "stores," what do you get? This:
On this page, we read: For a complete list of manufacturers and online electronics stores, see How to buy a Tablet PC. This link takes you to a 2005 page promoting Windows XP, which has been discontinued.
There, we find links to companies that sell Tablet PCs. Click on any link. If the page is even still active, you will find lnly non-Tablet PCs for sale.
Or how about this?
I cannot find one page on Microsoft's site on Vista and Tablet PCs.
Microsoft is so bloated with employees and products that the company ignores the obvious.
This is why the free market works. It allows newcomers to establish niche products and markets.
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