Acer founder Stan Shih claims Microsoft is bluffing with Surface

July 2, 2012
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Microsoft hopes that marketing its own-brand tablet PCs will encourage vendors to offer Windows 8 tablet PCs and thereby help expand market demand for the product line, Shih analyzed. Once the purpose is realized, Microsoft will not offer more models, Shih said. Vendors adopting Windows 8 should interpret Microsoft’s intentions positively, as they will benefit from Microsoft’s marketing,
He may be right and Microsoft may back off after a while. But if he’s wrong]]>


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  • Sheesh he does not have any real exceptional Windows 8 tablets. The Acer Iconia W510 is a very clunky design compared to the Asus Tab 810 

    Ezekiel Carsella July 2, 2012 7:01 am Reply
  • On the other hand if OEM, especially the alike of Acer, are unable to release appealing tablets Microsoft will be force to go ahead with Surface and keep releasing other tablets.

    Timiteh July 5, 2012 9:21 am Reply

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