CNet reports that Robbie Bach several times contemplated killing the Microsoft Surface project. It appears he wasn’t sure whether there was a business case behind the project. He has changed his mind though, in light of the overwhelming positive reactions the Surface computer has received.
Bill Gates is quite the advocate of Surface too. As CNet reports, last month he “said he wants to turn everything we touch into a computer: “It will be absolutely pervasive,” he said. “When I say everywhere, I mean the individual’s office, the home, the living room.”
I’m not sure about everything, but I agree that interactive touch should be in more places.