Microsoft prepares for Tablet PC launch
Posted by Michael on Saturday October 19, 2002 @05:58AM
from the it-worked-in-1995,-why-not-now dept.
Squid writes: Microsoft plans to launch its new Tablet PC standard on November 7th. According to Bill Gates, “Within five years it will be the most popular form of PC sold in America.” While this may seem overly optimistic, Microsoft assured reporters that it has the marketing muscle to make this happen.
“First of all, we’re encouraging hardware manufacturers to stop producing keyboards, since only the most advanced users need them,” said a Microsoft spokesperson. “We’re also lobbying world governments to implement a ban on the letters ‘L’ and ‘Z’, since our handwriting recognition software has trouble with them.”
Once this is accomplished, the Tablet PC will be a guaranteed success, according to Microsoft. “After that, all we need to do is get more hardware manufacturers on board, ressurrect the PC industry and the US economy, and convince everyone that a 2000-dollar tablet PC is better than their current notebook“.