Microsoft May Finally Put Windows RT Out To Pasture

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Microsoft may finally be ready to put Windows RT out to pasture (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/26/microsoft-kill-windows-rt-larson-green). After ignoring pundits, the public, and a staggering $900 writedown (http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/07/19/0122223/microsoft-is-sitting-on-six-million-unsold-surface-tablets), the subsequent lack of sales for the second edition of the RT have finally gotten the message through (http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-finally-euthanize-windows-rt?hpg1=bn). Speaking at a UBS seminar, Microsoft VP Julie Larson-Green said, 'It just didn't do everything that you expected Windows to do. So there's been a lot of talk about it should have been a rebranding. We should not have called it Windows (http://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http://www.microsoft.com/investor/downloads/events/UBS_LarsonGreen.docx) (.DOCX). How should we have made it more differentiated? I think over time you'll see us continue to differentiate it more. We have the Windows Phone OS. We have Windows RT and we have full Windows. We're not going to have three.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/11/27/2152210/microsoft-may-finally-put-windows-rt-out-to-pasture