MSFT Misses the Boat

Once again MSFT has missed the boat. The paradigm shift in computing away from desktop and laptop computers to portable tablets and smartphones is changing the way people think of getting things done.

The latest complaints come from Jun Dong-Soo, president of Samsung's memory chip division, who had no kind words for Windows 8 during a meeting with reporters in Seoul.
 
"The global PC industry is steadily shrinking despite the launch of Windows 8," he said Friday, according to Korea Times. "I think the Windows 8 system is no better than the previous Windows Vista platform."

Jun's statements echo findings by IDC and Gartner, who found that PC sales declined during the holiday shopping season. Jun added that Microsoft's Surface has seen "lackluster demand," and that demands for thinner Ultrabooks by Microsoft and Intel failed "mostly because of the less-competitive Windows platform."

Thanks to iOS, AndroidOS and ChromeOS users no longer want or need to use MSFT’s software.