There were already enough rumors that many of the manufacturers who usually work with Microsoft are quite angry when the computer giant decided to launch Surface, a self-made tablet. Now we have a piece of information that confirms it thanks to an investigation by the New York Times.
No one at Microsoft has officially acknowledged it either in a press release or when asked about it. At the Surface presentation in Los Angeles a few months ago the questions in that direction arose as obvious. But, nevertheless, the United States Government has not been able to lie in a report to the Securities and Exchange Commission where they should define their expectations for the next exercise.
Microsoft states in that public document that they believe their Surface devices will compete with products from their OEM, common manufacturers, which may affect your commitment to our platform. As it is. This statement is inserted between 100 pages, but there is much more information that evaluates all the risks derived from the manufacture and distribution of Surface in the future of the company.
And it was very evident that its usual manufacturers or Official Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) was not happy with not only being out of the project, but also having to compete in the tablet market with which it had been an ally until now. And it is that in business it is not considered loyal to compete with your clients or at least not to start doing it without their consent.
Hewlett Packard it was expressly but cautious in this regard when it indicated that it would not manufacture Windows RT tablets in its early stage. Something in a certain way understandable because it leaves aside the classic Windows applications to embrace only those of the Metro environment. But also there were leaks, possibly poisoned, who said that HP was going to launch to make Android tablets. This had little truth and sounded more like a tantrum or a veiled threat.
In my opinion, what could be considered an act of disloyalty could lead manufacturers to seek new business avenues especially in Android environment devices. This route is very competitive but seems like a safer bet than Microsoft's tablet operating systems.
Source: New York Times