HP spin-off PC business will pressure Microsoft to develop better WIN8 system

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of August 19, focused on Microsoft's market research company directions on Microsoft Analyst Wess Miller (Wes Miller) said in Thursday that HP's spin-off PC business would pressure Microsoft to develop a better Windows 8 (　　Hereinafter referred to as "Win 8") operating system. "Whatever you think of it, it's a matter of concern," Miller said of Microsoft's influence. Because HP has always been Microsoft's most powerful partner, Microsoft must consider HP's strategic changes. "Miller believes HP may also sell its personal Systems Group (PSG), which suggests that the importance of PCs is declining, while the importance of Windows systems running on most PC devices is also falling. This puts pressure on Microsoft to build another excellent operating system. "This underscores the need for Microsoft to develop a strong win 8 system," he said.　　"Microsoft has not yet released the official release date for Win 8, but the software giant said win 8 will fundamentally change the system's appearance and experience over the past 21 years, and it can also run on a tablet computer." PC is not the future focus earlier in Thursday, the main news agencies quoted sources as saying that HP would announce the spin-off of PSG after the third-quarter earnings report.　　Hewlett-Packard then confirmed that they would abandon the webOS device business and seek strategic options for the PSG business, including stripping PSG from all or part of HP's business and other trading options. Miller believes that HP has seen PCs will no longer be the focus of future technology, as IBM decided in 2005.　　6 years ago, IBM sold its PC business to Lenovo. But HP's sale or spin-off of the PSG business does not mean the demise of the PC, said Mark Margevicius, research director of Gartner, a market research firm, Mark Maggi: "The PC remains highly strategic because enterprise applications are still running on PCs." Although PC manufacturers are suffering, it does not represent a reduction in the strategic importance of PC companies. PCs as an annual sales of billions of units of business, will never perish. "The contribution of PC sales to HP will not disappear in a flash because the Department will act as an independent department or sell it to rivals," says Maggie Repairer. "Eventually, companies will get the business," he said. "In the short run, Microsoft is unlikely to notice changes in Windows sales.　　But Miller sees HP's move as a sign of deteriorating form. HP will retain the webOS system from the acquisition of palm, but they now decide to stop the development and production of the webOS tablet, which touchpad one months ago, including Palm's former CEO Joen Rubinstein (Jon Rubinstein)　　Several former Palm executives have held senior positions in HP's PSG department. Maggie Maintenance said: "HuiPu wanted to use touchpad to stimulate its PC business, but did not get the desired results. HP has not been completely impatient with webOS, but webOS has now become a kind of aid business.　　"Or for Microsoft, Dell, ironically, Miller believes that HP's exit from the webOS sector will benefit Microsoft." HP had previously made it clear that its tablet would run the webOS system, not win 8.　　With HP's exit, Microsoft won't have to take the time to convince the partner that Win 8 is the most suitable tablet operating system.　　Miller believes that if win 8 is to succeed, Microsoft needs a passionate partner, a partner who can work together to build a great tablet computer. "From a traditional point of view, some of HP's business may still be attractive, but this is the lowest of HP's revenue," says Maggie maintenance. Hewlett-Packard CEO Lee Ai (Leo apotheker) and hardware are not too closely linked, his brain only software, services and support, all these businesses are more profitable than the PC.　　"Hewlett-Packard chose Apotheker as president and CEO of the company in September 2010, the former SAP CEO of software and solutions providers. Maggie maintains that Dell could be the biggest beneficiary of HP's spin-off of the PC business, the world's second-largest PC vendor, as a safe and reliable manufacturer. (Xiao Ming)