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>"Microsoft instantly becomes the third major player in the tablet market, a market where it is taking a fundamentally different approach than its rivals, Apple and Google."

I'd put Amazon in the group of Microsoft rivals...at this time, at least. I could see Amazon moving to a Windows platform. A clear roadmap and development partner would be consistent with Amazon's core business.




I think that is much less likely now that microsoft has bought a stake in nook.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044349330457803...


Amazon clearly wants full control over their own OS. Why would they go with Windows?


> Microsoft clearly wants to be in the hardware business and to make money this way > Amazon clearly wants full control over their own OS.

You keep saying things are clear but provide absolutely no proof of this.

What if Amazon doesn't want full control over their own OS, but just wants a good enough OS and hasn't found one yet?

What if Microsoft doesn't really want to be in the tablet hardware business but just wants to give other OEM's a reference design?

Both are just as possible as what you propose.




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