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Re:The Next Six Months by mkramlich on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @06:38PM (#2199879)
Agreed but they have so much cash they could buy a company that does tablets well then rebrand/integrate. Never underestimate what a billion dollars can do given the willpower to use it.
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Re:The Next Six Months by yannickt on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @07:02PM (#2199941)
It won't do them any good if they don't have people in house who "get it". Look what happened with the Kin after they acquired Danger.

Edit: another thing, the top dogs in this space (Google and the staggeringly efficient Apple) have a lot of cash and are much more focused. So if they were to go all in in any market segment their money is likely to go a lot further than it would at Microsoft.

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Re:The Next Six Months by mkramlich on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @07:05PM (#2199951)
true. good point!
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Re:The Next Six Months by rryyan on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @06:55PM (#2199920)
In fact, this is exactly what HP did.
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Re:The Next Six Months by steveklabnik on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @07:07PM (#2199955)
Like Google, with Android...
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