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Microsoft acknowledges Surface may trigger OEM hostility
Fling with tablets may affect computer makers' commitment to Windows, firm says in SEC filing
By Gregg Keizer
July 27, 2012 06:41 AM ET
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows sales.
In a document submitted Thursday to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft acknowledged the potential problem.
"Our Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to our platform," Microsoft said in the 10-K filed for the second calendar quarter of 2012.
The New York Times' Bits blog first reported on Microsoft's SEC filing.
Complete article:
http://www.computerw...r_OEM_hostility
Fling with tablets may affect computer makers' commitment to Windows, firm says in SEC filing
By Gregg Keizer
July 27, 2012 06:41 AM ET
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows sales.
In a document submitted Thursday to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft acknowledged the potential problem.
"Our Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to our platform," Microsoft said in the 10-K filed for the second calendar quarter of 2012.
The New York Times' Bits blog first reported on Microsoft's SEC filing.
Complete article:
http://www.computerw...r_OEM_hostility
