The Windows RT devices will die a quick death, while the desktop Windows 8 will suffer the death of a thousand cuts, a long decline that will take many years.

For years, Microsoft and Ballmer have tried to tie all Microsoft products to the Windows monopoly to ensure success. However, the Windows desktop OS of today offers nothing to entice users to a Windows RT tablet. In fact, it’s the opposite. The Windows brand will deter users from Windows tablets and phones.

Microsoft’s biggest problem is that it’s late. If it released Windows Phone 8 around 6 years ago, it would have been a success. But instead it arrives almost 6 years after iPhone. In those years, Microsoft spent time releasing dud platforms such as Kin, SideKick and Windows Phone 7, all of which were cancelled (Windows Phone 8 is a complete rewrite and a different platform to WP7).

With its PC monopoly unable to help, and being so late, there is no hope for the newcomer Windows RT or the Metro/Modern interface. Microsoft will be forced to cancel both after tepid sales ensue, and revert to its traditional Windows desktop interface ready for the slow decline in the Post-PC era.

Is that a typo, Kevin, or do you know something we don’t? :)