Taiwanese computer maker Acer has urged Microsoft Corp to reconsider its
planned venture into the tablet market, the Financial Times reported on
Tuesday.
Acer Chairman and Chief Executive J.T. Wang, said
Microsoft's plans to launch its own "Surface" tablet in October would be
"negative for the worldwide ecosystem" in computing.
Microsoft's
"Surface" tablet would enter the market in direct competition with
Acer's "Iconia" or Hewlett-Packard Co's "TouchPad" tablets.
"We
have said think it over. Think twice. It will create a huge negative
impact for the ecosystem and other brands may take a negative reaction.
It is not something you are good at so please think twice," Wang is
quoted as saying.
For the past two decades, Microsoft and personal computer makers have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship.
Campbell
Kan, Acer's president for personal computer global operations, said the
company was debating internally how to respond to the Surface.
"If
Microsoft is going to do hardware business, what should we do? Should
we still rely on Microsoft, or should we find other alternatives?," he
is quoted as saying.
Copyright Thomson Reuters 2012
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