Investors need sexy emerging new markets. They don't want to hear another billion in "growth" sucked from the same ol' stones (Windows and Office) that you've m

Investors need sexy emerging new markets. They don't want to hear another billion in "growth" sucked from the same ol' stones (Windows and Office) that you've managed through boring OEM bundling deals. Zzzzz, wake me when Ballmer throws something or sweats in a different way. MS needs to take their Surfaces and Couriers out of the pipeline and onto the shelves. If not, then they're trying to just compete with the other conglomerates in tech, like IBM (who set aside $20B just for acquisitions) or Cisco, the kings of war chests with ~$45B. Hell, even Google is catching up with them, and they come out with new stuff every month. Granted, most of them don't hit it big (or at all), but they're steady releasing betas, and acquiring like Cisco used to back in the late 90s, early 00s.