Like a hovercraft at a bar mitzvah
I'm in the mobile space, and have the oddly detached experience of working with Microsoft from time to time. I like Windows Phone 7.5, clean and simple, which suits me - lack of apps aren't really an issue as the useful ones are present. I detest Windows as a desktop OS though.
Nonetheless, one of my customers (a merchant bank) expressed an interest in Surface in both forms last week. I duly trotted made contact with Planet Thames Valley Park, and asked to speak with their leader. Initially communication was difficult, as working for a UK firm I lack the necessary vocabulary for subtlety on that planet. I resorted to loudly saying 'synergies' a lot, which seemed to do the trick.
"My customer is interested in Surface. Can we go in and demo an RT?"
(sucking of teeth) "Hmm, not really, we don't really do demos on Surface"
"Riiiight. Howabout we come to Reading and try that?"
"Well, we can, but we can't leave you alone with one."
"Okay, before I tell them just to buy an iPad, what support can you give me? Howabout something on the Pro?"
"We can come and give them a presentation on Windows 8 and Office365!"
Following this impressive display of point-missing, I cast around in my business to check it wasn't just me... sure enough, my peers have experienced similar ineptitude.
Seems all those years of default OS have really pushed the Redmond cranium-rectum synergies to new heights.