"Grant Robertson" <BOGUS@BOGUS.com> wrote in message
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> Dude, that is what people always say at expos. Translation: They haven't
> tried it. They don't have the time or money to really get certified to
> the Tablet PC spec's. And they probably don't even know that just any old
> PC with a touch screen will not work with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

Is Microsoft making it too difficult to get certified for Tablet XP? Or are
the requirements not very difficult and the hardware companies are just
lacking in vision?

I think a major problem is that the hardware companies didn't see much
difference between Tablet XP and the ritePen software. For the first
version of Tablet XP, this was a defensible position. Seeing this video it
seems that this position is no longer defensible - Microsoft is making a big
push to improve pen input and integrate it into the operating system.

This year people are saying that Microsoft is doing such a bad job that they
aren't any better than the competition. I will not be surprised if soon
people are claiming that Microsoft is doing such a good job that they are
competing unfairly.