Comment Microsoft and BestBuy are Thieves (Score 1) 381
Here is the most remarkable fact about Surface RT (Windows on Arm) in combination with the new Windows Store at BestBuy:
A significant amount of the floorspace of America's last remaining generic brick and mortar electronics vendor, is now devoted to a product that does not sell.
The Surface RT is product does not have a naturally won position in the market place. The product exists simply because Microsoft has the money, a long standing relationship with BestBuy, and the desperation to place the excess inventory in front of customers who do not want to buy it.
Microsoft and BestBuy are flogging a product (Windows on Arm) which is doomed. Everyone in the industry knows it is. I can only feel sorry for the unsuspecting customers who purchase Windows on Arm.
Microsoft and BestBuy are stealing money from people in a last gasp attempt at flogging a dead platform.