With the gangbuster growth of Apple, and the relentless march of Google, we in Silicon Valley sometimes forget about that once-dominant company, Microsoft. They are by no means dead, as they are often portrayed. And yet, they no longer set the pace, and certainly the amount of time people here spend thinking about them has fallen considerably.
This month, Microsoft will attempt to change all of that. In the coming weeks, Microsoft will be all but impossible to ignore. They are planning an onslaught of announcements and releases surrounding the appearance — at last!- of Windows 8.
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