That sounds realistic for a nascent platform. Even a super awesome OS will take time to displace the incumbents. You're disappointed that you didn't get BS marketing speak that it would defeat Apple and Google in 2 weeks or what?
That seems to be an internal joke for the team after their hard work over 2 years for meeting the deadline of the 2010 holiday season and to "rally the troops".
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/12/07/microsoft-doesnt-expe...
Mossberg asked: “So.. how long before you’re back into the market… back up to a good marketshare, up there with Android and Apple?”
“I don’t know..”
“Couple months?”
“Longer than that.”
“Couple years?”
“Maybe.”
Isn't it time to stop developing for OS/2?