As long as Ballmer is at the top any success will be based on coincidence and not on strategy. The examples given above are hardly making a compelling case. There are numerous better, friendlier and safer alternatives for SkyDrive that work on almost all platforms out there. The Microsoft hardware is still hard to find in many places and as soon as it becomes widely available the crapware will be included. On top of that do you really want your people to work with open systems where they can easily copy and upload data from and to a tablet. The openness might work out to be a nightmare if you are in charge of anything from a medical facility to a research center.