Is it possible to Microsoft does not plan to have the Surface be a longtime product of theirs? My impression with the Surface is that it was Microsoft's way of

Is it possible to Microsoft does not plan to have the Surface be a longtime product of theirs? My impression with the Surface is that it was Microsoft's way of showing the world an example of how Windows 8 devices should work. I did not come away thinking that Microsoft is now fully into the PC manufacturing game. Could it be Microsoft's way of jump-starting OEMs into creating the types of devices that are needed to make Windows 8 successful? And not the first round of war between Microsoft and OEMs that this article (and others) claims it is?