Microsoft has problems delivering technical innovation in everything from HTML/CSS/JavaScript standards compliance to operating system updates to mobile OS development».
John Gruber expresses much of what’s on everyone’s mind when he rightly identifies Apple’s over-the-air shortcomings and identifies the magnitude of Microsoft’s inconsequence.
Relying upon a PC is ipso facto not “post-PC”, and the challenge for Apple is that they’ve never demonstrated the sort of expertise needed to do this via the cloud. Over-the-air syncing, backup, and system updates need to be something that “just happens”.
‘NO CHANCE’
The big loser this week, though, was Microsoft. They’re simply not even part of the game. RIM looms large, as BlackBerrys continue to reign as the best-selling smartphones in the U.S. But Microsoft? They’ve got nothing. No interesting devices, weak sales, and a shrinking user base. Microsoft’s irrelevance is taken for granted.