According to Wong, release of Microsoft's own "pills" will lead to irreversible changes in the market of mobile computers, as well as the impact on the software giant's relationship with its partners.
"This will have serious negative consequences for the entire ecosystem, and may provoke negative reactions from other manufacturers. You are in the (production units - approx.) Is not very good, so please, think twice - said Wong. - If Microsoft will make the device what to do to us? Should we continue to rely on Microsoft or start looking for other options? ".
Recall, Microsoft introduced its own tablet in the middle of June, showing the two versions of the device - Surface and Surface Pro, differing versions of the operating systems and processors. Version of Surface, built on the Nvidia Tegra processor will be available simultaneously with the release of Microsoft Windows 8 in late October , while the Surface Pro, equipped with the Intel chip and Windows 8 Pro, will be on sale three months later.
The problem is very simple. Surface designed to seriously compete with iPad, but none of the partners of Redmond on the equipment did not know about them before the announcement. Companies - vendors of personal computers from around the world, such as Acer, Asus, Samsung, HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, can do the release tablets on Windows 8 and Windows RT, but they will have to lay in the cost price of the license for the OS, which comes to $ 90. Clearly, Surface-related products will be more expensive than Microsoft-plates - so whether or not to buy them at all?
Previously, some sources have reported that Microsoft partners are unhappy with plans for an American company. According to rumors, manufacturers of devices on the mobile platform, Windows “feel betrayed.”
