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Why Microsoft Surface Took So Long To Deploy
An anonymous reader writes "Nearly a year after all the fanfare unveiling a new touchscreen tabletop interface, Microsoft's Surface computer will finally appear in select AT&T stores later this month. Popular Mechanics tech editor Glenn Derene, who first introduced us to Surface in May, seems to have done a complete 180 in this rant, blasting Microsoft for being more obsessed with Surface's novelty as a magnet for image-conscious partners while messing up a rare hardware device — and, surprisingly, the simple software he was told came with it. From Microsoft's official excuse in the article: 'It's actually been a good thing for us,' Pete Thompson, Microsoft's general manager for Surface, told me. 'We were anticipating that the initial deployments were going to be showcase pilots using our own software applications on units to drive traffic. What our partners have decided is that they want to skip that stage and go to an integrated experience where they build their own applications. That's pulled the timeline until this spring.'"
to make my life more complicated than it all ready is. To give me more ways to waste time than I all ready have. To give me something that will suck down repair fees because my small children screwed it up. This sounds like an awful idea for anyone who is not gay, doesn't live in SF and who doesn't have tons of disposable income. So what happens with the screen when I plop down my bowl of ice cream on it? What will happen when my kids spill their food on it?
I have mod points and had my heart set on moderating this discussion until I got to this:
What's ironic is that Microsoft has traditionally been a software company (Surface is one of the few pieces of hardware it actually makes), and it has all the necessary programming talent to build generic templates for Surface that would make it a drop-in solution for small shops, restaurants and the like.
Haha, very funny. Apparently the big April Fools joke this year was to wait a couple of days. Just... why such an unbelievable joke though?
I got a catholic block.
Didn't they come up with this years ago?
Right? The reason it took so long to deploy was because when it debuted it didn't actually exist as a product! A projector stuck in a table with a few infra red motion detectors and a Vista PC? The demos were fakes, people. It could not read bar codes and it certainly was not in anyway shape or form a "touch" surface. The same clowns trumpeting this typical "me too!" piece of crap from Microsoft derided the iPhone at every stage. Face it. it's a big fat joke. Literally.
Fiat Homos et Pereat Theos
Care to give a few examples? Not that I don't agree with you, but... no, actually I don't agree with you and think you need more than just your unsupported word to make an argument.