points out the conundrum.

...one of the potential problems Microsoft's strategy creates is the difference in update cycles that users have come to expect. Tablet users on Apple's and Google's platforms have become accustomed to frequent updates that add features free of charge.

Indeed they have. How exactly is Microsoft going to survive if it does that? Microsoft , and with its huge installed base that could really add up, if users turn to it like they have on Apple's platforms.

Whatever the case, Apple's being what the business kids call "disruptive." The rest of us just call it "messing with them."