The software giants pressured ASUS to drop its Transformer Book Duet TD300 plans



From Hexus:

The future of off-the-peg computers, tablets and convertibles running both Windows and Android looks pretty hazy today. Earlier in the week there were reports that Google was trying to stop the ASUS Transformer Book Duet TD300 from being released. At that time it was put down to Google's worries about helping Microsoft Windows 8.1 gain traction in the market. Now we are seeing new reports with evidence showing that both Google and Microsoft want the TD300 never to make it to the market.

The source report from the Wall Street Journal (via The Verge) obtains some telling information from an ASUS internal memo about its dual-OS machines. In the memo an ASUS exec writes that due to Microsoft's "new policy" of not supporting dual-OS products that it will stop selling dual-OS machines like the Transformer AiO P1801 and P1802 all-in-one PCs it launched last year. Also the portable 4-in-1 TD300, which was scheduled for H1 this year, will be shelved indefinitely.

  Google and Microsoft dont want dual-OS devices on the market