Acer on MS+Dell

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Acer founder Stan Shih, commenting on reports about Microsoft's US$2 billion loan to Dell to assist the PC vendor's privatization, said that Microsoft's "professional advice" may instead block Dell's road to transformation.

Shin believes that Dell's privatization aims at a flexible transformation without needing to concern itself with media and market analysis, but Microsoft's involvement and its Windows-oriented advice may lead Dell to head into a dead end. However, the outcome will still depend on Dell's future strategy, Shih added.

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