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You don't actually believe Microsoft invented the tablet PC, do you?
"Smart Displays and Tablet PC's were ideas Microsoft sold
to the hardware vendors."

Apple had designs for tablet computers way back in the
eighties. There was this debate over which form factor
would be most likely to succeed: tablet or handheld. What
they ended up with was the Newton: an in-between that
most people felt was too big. They miscalculated. Palm got
it right. But at least Apple was smart enough not to try to
sell tablets. That is a form factor that will simply never
succeed.
Posted by: Immanuel Tranz-Mischen   Posted on: 01/06/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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MS and Abandon Ware?  boatelc | 01/06/04
Not really.  Delaware Boy | 01/06/04
clueless  stephen732@... | 01/06/04
Message has been deleted.  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/06/04
Message has been deleted.  GraysonPeddie | 01/06/04
Message has been deleted.  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/06/04
DRM and EULA the ultimate problem here?  Squawkbox | 01/06/04
Way off the mark!  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Shade I was just thinkin outloud  Squawkbox | 01/06/04
Well...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/06/04
One problem!  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
and...  stephen732@... | 01/06/04
OS Cost to OEM.  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
MS support is $400 per call  voska | 01/06/04
wha....  nucrash | 01/07/04
Gouging?  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Didn't you yourself say?...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/06/04
MS support costs mucho $$$$  voska | 01/06/04
Red Hat Subscription is a bad example  nucrash | 01/07/04
A no win situation...  MalumRegnat | 01/07/04
With the exception of...  BitTwiddler | 01/06/04
No bundle.  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Says who?  nucrash | 01/07/04
Correct.  BitTwiddler | 01/07/04
DRM?  KTLA | 01/06/04
Dang ya'll chill I was just wonderin' thas all  Squawkbox | 01/06/04
Heaven forbid  Chad_z | 01/06/04
Smart Displays could not compete wtth laptop  Prognosticator | 01/06/04
Maybe Sun will take up the cause  FilledOut | 01/06/04
The price of innovation.  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Whatever Bit  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/06/04
Smart Displays!  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Well, which is it??...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/06/04
Easily!  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
I'll tell ya...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 01/06/04
GNU not Linux  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Corporations Don't Innovate  voska | 01/06/04
Intervention or Invention?  Jose Jimenez | 01/06/04
Hardly Innovation!  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
You don't actually believe Microsoft invented the tablet PC, do you?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/06/04
OK, let's rephrase the question  nucrash | 01/07/04
That might explain it.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/06/04
Well now, doesn't that just figure...  BitTwiddler | 01/06/04
Another Innovation!  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Originally Called Newton  Harry Bardal | 01/06/04
Not exactly!  ShadeTree | 01/06/04
Looks more a tablet PC to me  voska | 01/06/04
OMG fully functional Notebook....  nucrash | 01/07/04
Interesting idea but the economics didn't work  marksashton | 01/07/04
So who the contest then  FilledOut | 01/09/04

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