OEMs are offended by Microsoft because of Surface

Microsoft's decision to release the Surface tablet under its own brand was coolly welcomed by OEM partners. Microsoft Surface will be a direct competitor to their products. Moreover, the conditions of competition are not initially equal - third-party manufacturers will pay $ 80- $ 95 per license. Considering the draconian rules that Microsoft establishes for its partners (the specifics of the relationship between Apple, Google and Microsoft with iron manufacturers for their operating systems are well written in this article ), it is not surprising that, according to SemiAccurate.com , Microsoft can start on the ship of OEM partners revolt. And one of the first "rioters" becomes HP.

Yesterday it became known that Hewlett-Packard freezes plans for the release of ARM-tablets under Windows RT. If other major manufacturers do the same, there may be big problems with the Windows RT platform. In this case, the only chance for Microsoft to make a real competition between Android and iOS will be the phenomenal success of the Surface planet, comparable to the one that Apple managed to achieve with the iPad. Will it work out? Who knows…