The Inside Story of How Microsoft Killed its Courier Tablet, Foresight ⇥

Within a few weeks, Courier was cancelled because the product didn’t clearly align with the company’s Windows and Office franchises

This is the biggest hurdle Microsoft has to overcome if it wants to move forward. They have to stop letting new products be cast into the net of old. Courier, Metro and the Vision of the Future video all show aspirations of where Microsoft could go, but won’t dare to.