Ballmer: Had To Make Windows The Center Of Microsoft's Tablet Strategy(businessinsider.com)
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Ballmer: Had To Make Windows The Center Of Microsoft's Tablet Strategy
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-had-to-make-windows-the-center-of-its-tablet-strategy-even-if-it-kills-them-2011-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29
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Sad reading: "That's why the Xbox, which was meant to conquer the living room, never had a digital video recorder in it -- that function was reserved for Windows Media Center. That's why Microsoft scrapped a plan to move Office to the Web (called NetDocs) way back in 2000"
A poster child for the Innovator's Dilemma of how traditional management excellence kills disruptive innovation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology