With Surface, does Microsoft trust the fate of Windows 8 to OEMs?

JMH · Jun 20, 2012

While I was watching Microsoft’s Surface tablet announcement the other day, a question kept nagging at me throughout:

“Why is Microsoft choosing to enter the tablet market with its own hardware?”

It just didn’t make sense.

Sure, Microsoft has dabbled with hardware such as mice and keyboards, and enjoyed considerable success with its Xbox hardware, but traditionally Microsoft is a software company and it leaves the hardware to OEMs and ODMs.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/...oft-trust-the-fate-of-windows-8-to-oems/20894

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With Surface, does Microsoft trust the fate of Windows 8 to OEMs?

JMH

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