It’s hard to remember now but mid-2000s Microsoft was wild: XBLA, Media Center, Zune, UMPCs, and, yes, Home Servers with children’s books. Many goods ideas with bad execution, no follow-through, or both.

It’s hard to remember now but mid-2000s Microsoft was wild: XBLA, Media Center, Zune, UMPCs, and, yes, Home Servers with children’s books. Many goods ideas with bad execution, no follow-through, or both.