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"Microsoft&amp;#039;s entry into the tablet market will be short-lived, according to Acer founder Stan Shih. The entrepreneur reportedly told Digitimes that the computing giant will withdraw from the sector following the launch of its newly-unveiled Surface hardware. Shih predicts that Microsoft is releasing the slate as a means of encouraging third-party developers to launch a range of devices running the Windows 8 operating system.  &amp;quot;Once the purpose is realised, Microsoft will not offer more models,&amp;quot; the report states, adding that Microsoft &amp;quot;has no real intention to sell own-brand tablet PCs&amp;quot;. Shih went on to say that hardware developers should not interpret the strategy negatively &amp;quot;as they will benefit from Microsoft&amp;#039;s marketing&amp;quot;. Microsoft announced its Surface tablet during a press event in Los Angeles on Monday (June 18). The news was followed by reports that LG is withdrawing from the tablet market to focus on smartphone development. Watch a video introducing Surface below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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