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Acer Chairman says 'Crisis' Surrounding Windows 8 Abating

The chairman of Taiwan's Acer Inc., until recently one of Microsoft Corp.'s harshest critics, said on Tuesday that the "crisis" surrounding Windows 8 is abating as he tried to convince investors the personal-computer maker is recovering from two years of losses.Acer Chairman J.T. Wang gave a very different speech at Tuesday's investor conference than six months ago when he blamed Microsoft for competing against Acer and other hardware partners by launching its own-brand Surface tablet and throwing the PC industry into uncertainty with its new operating system Windows 8. Microsoft on Tuesday said that it is making changes to its sales strategy and to its software to address user complaints with a coming update dubbed "Windows Blue.""The sense of crisis is falling," the 58-year-old Mr. Wang said. "Even if they (Microsoft) are still doing the Surface, they do it cautiously and have become more considerate in dealing with partners in the ecosystem."Acer, the world's fourth-largest PC maker...

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