Doomed is obviously used for dramatic effect. Needs to, and is struggling to adapt, yes. Nevertheless, as the article hints, work (and even consumption and cr

Doomed is obviously used for dramatic effect. Needs to, and is struggling to adapt, yes. Nevertheless, as the article hints, work (and even consumption and creation at home) is routinely done at desks. Whether we continue to call that "desktop computing" or "using a PC" or any other untrendy phrase is a matter of language. I believe tablets are sexy because of what they do, not necessarily that people like having to hold them or like small screens. They are great on the go, but when I am at home or at the office, I want large form-factor. I would prefer immersion. I feel Microsoft needs to steadfastly improve their principal area of strength: work and play at desks [1]. I also think that with the nascent swing back to users recognizing the value of control, Microsoft should take the (daring?) position of being the only tech titan to encourage a decentralized cloud. Reviewing my blog rant on Microsoft again, though, it's the nearly-last point about MSDN pricing that just has me shaking my head in disgust. The pricing is so unbelievably out of whack with today's development model. [1] http://tiamat.tsotech.com/microsoft http://tiamat.tsotech.com/microsoft