Acer Says Microsoft’s New Tablet Negative for Computer Industry
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Acer Inc. said Microsoft Corp.’s planned introduction of its own brand of tablet computers is negative for the industry and would pit the software company against its customers.
“On one hand Microsoft is our partner, but on the other, Microsoft’s move makes them compete not only with us but all PC makers,” Henry Wang, a spokesman for Acer, the world’s third-largest computer maker, said by telephone today. “We think that Microsoft’s launch of its own-brand products is negative for the whole PC industry.”