One can see now that Steve Ballmer knew what he was up against when pronouncing Windows 8 the most dangerous project for M$.
The tectonic plates of the ARM architecture; the suitability of the tablet form factor and 'lite' apps.; the shift to cloud computing; the channelling of products (and their advertising) through a platform ... are all combining to marginalise M$ going forward.
2012 will be a historic year for the company.
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