> How many MS products sell well in their first edition? Not very many MS products sell well regardless of version number. Outside of Office and Windows MS str

> How many MS products sell well in their first edition? Not very many MS products sell well regardless of version number. Outside of Office and Windows MS struggles, and the only consumer success they have had has been with the XBox. Their other initiatives -- Zune, Windows Phone, Kin, etc. -- have all struggled despite sustained efforts from Redmond. Microsoft has entered a field that already has established players -- Apple and Samsung -- who are on the 3rd+ generation of their devices, and who have greatly refined them over time. Microsoft has put out a device that is first-gen. This is woefully insufficient to make a dent, long-term or short. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that the Surface* tablets will eventually suffer a fate similar to the Zune. I also don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that Microsoft has shown that it cannot compete in the consumer space.