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Lenovo refused to sell Microsoft’s Surface because they’re ‘competitors’

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Tom Warren, Oct 16, 2015.

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    Dell and HP decided to start selling Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 tablet last month, but Lenovo was curiously absent. Gianfranco Lanci, president and COO at Lenovo, has revealed that the PC maker refused to sell Microsoft's tablet. "I said no to resell their product," Lanci told attendees at the Canalys Channels Forum, reports The Register. He explained that Microsoft "asked me more than one year ago, and I said no I don't see any reason why I should sell a product from within brackets, competition."

    While Lenovo sees Microsoft as a "partner on certain things," it's competing in tablets and now laptops with the new Surface Book. Lenovo is clearly going head-to-head with Microsoft thanks to its new Miix 700 as it's a direct Surface clone....

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