Microsoft could have when trying to create a Windows 7 tablet to market

Apple has got the first-to-market advantage here, as well as in the process has set the perception of the items a consumer based tablet is supposed to look like. Android based tablets have only re-enforced that perception. It is this change in perception that is leaving buy office 2013 professional inside a difficult position, as all of the talk to date continues to be that Windows 7 based tablets will ship with the default Windows 7 interface, something which the overall consumer may not want.

Now, back in August I reported about an interesting project with a company called UI Centric. The project was codenamed Macallan, as well as in my estimation at the time, Macallan was a user interface that could alllow for a really compelling tablet entry for Microsoft. I even went so far to claim that Microsoft should seriously consider buying it as quickly because it could.

Well it works out, based on Engadget, everything to do with Macallan has been pulled from the UI Centric website and also the company has stated that the project has been cancelled. There is no explanation why, but given that buy cheap microsoft windows is for auction on their front page as one of their customers, one has to wonder if Microsoft did indeed like the things they saw, and bought the rights towards the project.