The real crazy is that Microsoft, who you would have thought would have known better given their long Windows on desktop history, dropped all support for an est

The real crazy is that Microsoft, who you would have thought would have known better given their long Windows on desktop history, dropped all support for an established platform (PocketPC) to focus on the Phone7/8/10 stuff. This more than anything was perhaps what allowed Apple and Google to take over, as it signaled to companies that Microsoft was not committed to support them for the long haul. Not long after we started to see abominations like iPhones fitted with barcode scanner cases to handle warehouse inventorying!