Microsoft Surface will be the next Zune

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“We expect the Surface pads to have a similar impact on the PC industry as the Zune did in portable music players,” commented Canalys Analyst Tim Coulling.

If someone said that about my product, I’d just kill it and close the company.



  • http://www.johncblandii.com John C. Bland II

    Analysts missed it on the iPad and iPhone too. :-)

    • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

      True, but these comments were funnier :)

      • http://www.johncblandii.com John C. Bland II

        :-) True.

  • http://twitter.com/philgetzen Phil Getzen

    That’s exactly what Michael Dell said about Apple…

  • http://twitter.com/smackard Andrew Ross

    Really—someone, anyone? So if I said “I expect The Loop to have a similar impact on tech journalism as the Zune did in portable music players,” you’d shut it down?

    • Jim

      Well yes, of course he would!

      • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

        LOL

    • http://www.thegraphicmac.com/ JimD

      He might not shut it down, but surely he would fire the writers, both of whom have suspect character – one of which with an abundance of unruly facial hair, the other with an extreme lack of any hair. ;)

  • http://twitter.com/jrj Joseph R. Jones

    I assume Apple should have shut down the iPod, iPhone, and Mac business every time an analyst said they were going to be dismally unsuccessful. It would be a drastically different landscape today if people ran businesses the way you suggest.

    • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

      Relax, it was funny. Don’t get hurt.

      • http://twitter.com/jrj Joseph R. Jones

        Not hurt– was in jest… but rhetorically, responding to hyperbole with greater hyperbole is suboptimal. :)

        • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

          :)

  • Rick

    But Jim, then you wouldn’t get a helicopter ride to work everyday!?!

  • Lukas

    By that rule, Apple would have had to kill all of its products and close the company thousands of times.

  • Player_16

    Oh; and keep all the shareholders money?

  • http://www.thegraphicmac.com/ JimD

    It occurs to me that you can tell someone’s age by the way sarcasm and irony go completely over their head.