Acer CEO Issues 'Think Twice' Warning to Microsoft Regarding Surface

Rob Williams · 08-07-2012, 08:39 PM

When Microsoft first announced its Surface tablet, which would be one of the rare hardware products to come out of Redmond with a Microsoft brand-name on it, many questioned how the move would affect the company's relationships with other vendors - namely those which have supported the company's operating system and software for many years. Even Microsoft itself admitted there might be some hostility, but clearly, the folks there wanted to show the others how it's done.

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madmat · 08-08-2012, 09:11 AM

JT Wang? Any chance his first name is Jack?

Sorry, I digress. Acer and any of its competition that act butthurt over this need to realize that M$ is doing what they seem incapable of doing. Offering something new, fresh and innovative. When I say new and fresh, new and fresh for the windows camp. Old hat if you like your products to come from a source a bit further south.

Rob Williams · 08-08-2012, 03:11 PM

Hah. According to Wikipedia his name is Zhentang, which would sound like "Jentang" when spoken in English. It's no wonder he doesn't want to be known as Jen...

And I tend to agree with your thinking. I still think MS will end up canning Surface within a year and let the others have at it.

madmat · 08-08-2012, 08:13 PM

I figure it'll last until they hit the break even point and recover their R&D costs back. Then, yeah, I figure it'll end up rolling out the doors of someplace like Acer or ASUS.

08-07-2012, 08:39 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Acer CEO Issues 'Think Twice' Warning to Microsoft Regarding Surface When Microsoft first announced its Surface tablet, which would be one of the rare hardware products to come out of Redmond with a Microsoft brand-name on it, many questioned how the move would affect the company's relationships with other vendors - namely those which have supported the company's operating system and software for many years. Even Microsoft itself admitted there might be some hostility, but clearly, the folks there wanted to show the others how it's done. Read the rest of our post and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

08-08-2012, 09:11 AM	#2
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	JT Wang? Any chance his first name is Jack? Sorry, I digress. Acer and any of its competition that act butthurt over this need to realize that M$ is doing what they seem incapable of doing. Offering something new, fresh and innovative. When I say new and fresh, new and fresh for the windows camp. Old hat if you like your products to come from a source a bit further south. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

08-08-2012, 03:11 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Hah. According to Wikipedia his name is Zhentang, which would sound like "Jentang" when spoken in English. It's no wonder he doesn't want to be known as Jen... And I tend to agree with your thinking. I still think MS will end up canning Surface within a year and let the others have at it. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

08-08-2012, 08:13 PM	#4
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	I figure it'll last until they hit the break even point and recover their R&D costs back. Then, yeah, I figure it'll end up rolling out the doors of someplace like Acer or ASUS. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

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