Is Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)’s Surface RT $199 Away From Zero?

There’s also one big knock working against Microsoft here. School administrators aren’t dumb. They’ve seen Microsoft kill the Kin within weeks and the Zune within months. There are no guarantees that Microsoft will keep Windows RT around if it continues to struggle. It doesn’t have a choice with Windows 8, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if the software giant backed away from RT — and naturally the Surface RT — in the near future. That’s a far cry from the comfort in knowing that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android will still be actively supported in the coming years.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) should’ve been pricing these Surface RT tablets aggressively out of the gate, and now it’s getting schooled in a world where iOS and Android are the class acts of the classroom.

Microsoft got hungry too late.

The article Is Microsoft’s Surface RT $199 Away From Zero? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Rick Munarriz.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Apple and Google. It also owns shares of Microsoft.

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