Surface Pro 'won't make a dent' says ex-Microsoft SVP

Charlee Gothard
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'Microsoft and hardware - when have they ever been successful?' asks Joachim Kempin

Surface RT finding a place in the tablet market "is not going to happen" while Surface Pro isn't "going to make a dent either". So said ex-Microsoft senior vice president Joachim Kempin when ask...

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