Windows 8 Sales Dismal

Well I guess people just don't want to upgrade from Windows 7 (like me) or just don't care enough about touch screen computing to care (also me.)

Four months after being released into the wild, no one seems to care that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT  ) Windows 8 has been desperately trying to reinvent the desktop PC experience. According to Net Applications, February was a downright awful month for Windows 8; it only gained 0.4% more of the desktop PC market. Since its debut, Windows 8 has only picked up an embarrassingly low 2.67% market share. For those keeping track at home, this pace is so awful that Microsoft Vista actually commanded more of the market after the same amount of time. Yikes.

Also in this article this unfortunately laughable statement:

The $230 Nokia Lumia 620 could become both Microsoft's and Nokia's secret weapon in combating Google Android's stronghold in emerging markets, which has largely gone unchallenged in the sub-$250 emerging-market segment. Investors may be underestimating that the Lumia 620 is priced to sell, offers tremendous value, and could actually give Android a run for its money.

How many people in an emerging market can afford a $230 Nokia Lumia phone? And if they could why wouldn't they just buy a Samsung or a LG phone instead? Anyone rich enough to drop several weeks wages on a smartphone probably has enough money to buy an iPhone or a higher end Samsung and won't waste time with a Nokia Lumia.

I think MSFT needs to understand that Android and iOS has too much of a head start for the Windows 8 phone (which doesn't seem to be selling either.) Again they are years late to the party with a product that is just another me-too. Um, fire Balmer please.