An Arm and a Windows

There she is...the Surface featured prominently on Staples.com

 

 

Well everyone's been reporting for the last couple of days that this was in the works, but it's finally happened: Microsoft has begun selling the Surface RT through 3rd party distributors.

 

What's catching everyone's attention is the fact that this is happening much earlier than expected. Supposedly this is another sign that Microsoft is starting to get desperate...

 

Now I can't say whether this is a good or bad sign for MS, but in general I'm not really sure how it hurts MS to have the Surface available through more distribution channels. Even the iPad gets sold at Best Buy...what's there to gain by having the Surface available exclusively at MS stores?



 

 

Featured a little less prominently than on staples.com...perhaps this is what MS was trying to avoid?