John Moltz:
I just re-watched the whole Macworld 2007 keynote where Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone — which is probably the Apple announcement most comparable to Microsoft’s Surface announcement — and here’s a few things I noticed.
I think Moltz is spot-on. The Surface is an intriguing product suite from Microsoft, with the potential to take the Redmond company to great heights in the tablet market. However, when you enter a market late, the messaging has to be great. Microsoft is struggling in that department. My guess is that as long as Steve Ballmer is running the company, it won’t get better.