Microsoft doesn’t have to kill the iPad to do really well in the tablet business. If  the mobile devices are the future of computing, and that the market for tablets will eventually surpass the market for desktops and laptops by a wide margin, it seems likely that  several firms grabbing a large slice of the pie. A few years ago, it would have been easy to say that Windows 8 devices would become the defacto standard in business, particularly for large companies with Microsoft-centric IT infrastructure. But conventional wisdom like that has broken down when it comes to workplace technology in the face of BYOD programs and the consumerization of IT trends.  There are many factors that could tilt the playing field in favor of either Microsoft or Apple.