Why Microsoft is doggedly sticking it out with Windows RT

Give Microsoft credit: They don’t give up on their ideas, even when the market is telling them they should. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley writes that Microsoft is highly unlikely to write off its tablet-centric Windows RT platform as a sunk cost even though both consumers and OEMs are avoiding it like the plague. In particular, Foley notes that Microsoft has taken a page from Apple’s playbook by locking down Windows RT so tightly that there will be “less/no crapware, viruses and piracy” compared to standard Windows devices. Foley also says that Microsoft thinks Windows RT will get a boost once more vendors release the platform on smaller tablets since people who buy 7-inch Windows tablets likely won’t want to run



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