Look at what they did with all the pent-up innovation with Android tablets. Lets see, HP Touchpad, Motorola Xoom,Sony, Acer, Viewsonic, HTC, LG and a hundred others. How did they turn out? They even had full rights to change Android as they wished and all they did was make it even more bloated with uninstallable skins and adware
HTC and LG already quit the race. I am sure you'll find a way to blame Microsoft for this too.
Did you reply to the message you intended to? Your reply isn't relevant.
Microsoft is having their lunch eaten by Apple. There is nothing that OEMs could do to help Microsoft stem that. Android, WebOS and others having nothing to do with that basic reality.
Actually his reply does make sense, because the Surface is Microsoft telling the OEMs that a). bloatware is just that - bloat, and b). that OEMs create product ranges with herds of models per range.
Phone manufacturers like HTC/Sony/et al are doing the same with Android.
In other words, that's why one might argue that OEMs are to blame.
HTC and LG already quit the race. I am sure you'll find a way to blame Microsoft for this too.