We knew Surface RT was a horror show, but we didn't know how bad
a horror show it was. Now we do. It's a $900 million horror
show.  Microsoft has announced an inventory write-down of $900m
on the Surface RT, which means the tablets it has are worth
nearly a billion dollars less than Microsoft expected. The New
Radical reckons that Microsoft could be sitting on a pile of six
million unsold tablets; even the most generous estimate suggests
three million.  Microsoft says it is absolutely committed to
Windows RT and the Surface RT, and that it'll continue promoting
the Surface RT tablet as a rival to Apple's iPad. Anyone else
thinking of Monty Python's Black Knight lying there, limbs
lopped off, shouting "Come back here and take what's coming to
you! I'll bite your legs off!"?  I think we can all agree that
the BlackBerry Playbook was a disaster, but it still managed to
do 1.7 million units. According to The Guardian, the Surface RT
has managed just 260,000. It's easier to sell thousand-dollar
Surface Pro - 750,0