Time to have a rerun of an old revolution. Take all their wealth away and chop off their heads. The rich will never learn. It may not make us all wealthy, but it will certainly do away with indecent wealth of the few.

These figures are for the US market, which is a different one one from the international one. We all know that the US market is totally different from the one in other countries. Considering that Apple derives more than 50% of their sales abroad their “home” market pays a diminishing role in the overall picture. Therefor stalling, if that is really the case, does not necessarily apply to iOS overall.

Your prediction of MS products being the Zune and Kin is wrong in my opinion.
The comparison may well be that Windows 8 is their next Longhorn and the result could easily be their Vista.