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February 1, 2013

Why Microsoft Could Win in a Post-PC World

Andre Mouton, USA Today


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Windows 8 was released last October, and some of the early reviews were more memorable than fair. One critic called it "a Christmas gift for someone you hate." Microsoft's (MSFT) new product "is like this giant sadness," said gaming executive Gabe Newell, and Google (GOOG) search autocomplete suggestions compared it to "a bad blind date." The comment sections of tech blogs were similarly lacking in holiday spirit. People talk about Windows the way they talk about Congress, and for basically the same reason. No one likes a...

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