UMPC Still Causing Provocation

Got an email from a friend:

Aint much love for the UMPC they are saying � interesting perception:http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1978818,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

Which prompted this reply from another friend:

All I�ll add is what Analysts and Journalist almost never add (because it doesn�t make for compelling reading) is �yet�

Remember the slating Microsoft Word got compared to the �de facto� standard of WordPerfect 5.1
Remember the slating Microsoft NT 3.1 got compared to the �networking dominance� of Novell
Remember the slating Microsoft Exchange 4 got compared to the �workflow dominance� of NotesAnd far more recently�
Remember the slating that Microsoft Windows CE got compared to the �functional dominance� of PalmAnd Smartphone compared to Symbian & RIM.

This is a version 1 product, and there is no competitor in the same space. (Yet :o) unlike any other enabling technology we�ve come out with.

So, read the analysts and journalists, even pay for their opinion, but don�t let it unduly influence your strategic insight, which should appreciate tenacity and persistence.

While I won't disclose the names of the parties, I will say this: UMPC has provoked many threads around the world of which this is only one!