> I'm curious as to why you think Microsoft's legal or marketing team would be opposed to this sort of product though It's pure speculation that it is Microsof

> I'm curious as to why you think Microsoft's legal or marketing team would be opposed to this sort of product though It's pure speculation that it is Microsoft, but it does seem to be a legal problem in the case of the Ativ Q (patents are mentioned but I'm not 100% it is really patents because some sources just say "legal problems"): http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-ativ-q-hounded-by-patent-problems-could-be-canceled-20130825/ http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-ativ-q-hounded-by-patent... Microsoft is famous for making agreements with OEMs constraining them from shipping other OSes instead of or in combination with Windows. Their motive seems very clear to me in that they would be desperate to prevent Android from rising into the laptop / netbook space. This kind of transition device could be very threatening in that regard.