Microsoft Surface Tablet Priced as iPad - how serious is Microsoft about entering this market?

Microsoft Surface Tablet

Microsoft announced the price of its tablet - it will start at $499, priced at the same level as the market leader iPad. Is it possible to earn money at the same time when we fight against the market leader? I don't think so. 

Everything is suggesting that this year's Christmas season will be a big tablet surge, and Microsoft further supports it with introducing its own products. From Microsoft's perspective, it may be not a smart move, because it speeds up the decline of its main PC market, where it makes money, while not creating a significant share on the new one. Read more in my today's comment at Start2Cloud.com.