When In Doubt - Start Over

In the past, I have talked about my thoughts on Microsoft Surface technology, acknowledging how well it would fit into kiosk type duties with companies such as AT&T. But when I heard about a possible Surface “Sphere“, I about lost it. Now obviously most people have pointed out that technology such as this is not really practical in the home or office. We are brought up these days to use a keyboard and a mouse in our computing lives. Yet at the same time, there was a time not all that long ago when the idea of a mouse was just plain silly. I see a home based Surface Sphere facing the same challenge and opportunity.

Contrary to what others have said in the past, I do not believe that the concept of the Surface computing platform is to outwardly replace Windows, compete with OS X or even overthrow Linux as the star-filled newcomer. No, I see this as something of a 10-15 year venture. I am talking about creating the next “mouse” so to speak. This is where I believe Microsoft is headed which in reality, leaves other computing platforms as a moot point. There is no competition because it is not likely the focus for MS…yet.

What do you think? After fully realizing that Microsoft knows full well that in this day in age users are not really ready to lose the keyboard/mouse combination all at once, do you suspect that Microsoft will be using future Windows releases to slowly warm us up to using new and exciting ways of interacting with our PCs using touch?

Tags: computing platforms, Microsoft, operating systems, windows