First we heard the rumor that Microsoft would debut a slate-style computer at CES.
Then, we heard that Steve Ballmer will be giving a speech, but no slate hardware would be shown.
Even before the speech starts, we’ve already seen Microsoft seem like they’re playing catch-up with a device that hasn’t even been announced yet (the Apple Tablet) and then had even that taken away from us. And Microsoft didn’t even do anything. Microsoft has such a bad reputation that people are disappointed when even already disappointing rumors turn out to be false!