对于一家公司来说，新任首席执行官通常意味着巨大的动荡和不确定性，但微软的硬件合作伙伴似乎相信，任命萨蒂亚•纳德拉（Satya Nadella）将带来更好的变革。联想首席执行官杨元庆在致辞中表示，公司“对萨蒂亚的专业技术充满信心”

"We have a long-standing, deep relati***hip with Microsoft, and are grateful to Steve for his partnership over the years. At the same time, we have tremendous confidence in Satya's expertise, experience and leadership. Lenovo looks forward to many more productive, innovative and exciting years working with Microsoft to deliver outstanding products to our customers." — Yang Yuanqing, Lenovo CEO.

迈克尔•戴尔（Michael Dell）对这位新掌门人的评价也同样热情洋溢，称他是一位“杰出的人选”。值得注意的是，戴尔的评论一开始就表达了对微软完成首席执行官搜索的喜悦之情。尽管纳德拉可能会或不会给这家软件巨头带来太多变化，但随着鲍尔默继任者的就位，微软未来的发展道路现在更容易预测。对于微软的所有PC硬件合作伙伴来说，这可能是这次高管变动最重要的方面。

"We are pleased that Microsoft has concluded its CEO search by naming Satya Nadella as Steve Ballmer's successor. We know Satya well. His strong combination of engineering innovation and business acumen make him an outstanding choice to lead Microsoft into the future, and we look forward to working with him in his new role." — Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Inc.

LG、三星和HTC：“无可奉告”

从长远来看，微软与移动设备**商的关系将是一个更有趣的问题，而纳德拉的谈判远没有那么直接。LG拒绝就微软的新任命置评，不过，熟悉两家公司关系的消息人士表示，微软成为智能****商并没有帮助他们。三星（Samsung）和宏达电（HTC）也在电台保持类似的沉默，两家公司均拒绝置评。外界一直猜测，他们对微软将诺基亚列为其主要Windows Phone合作伙伴感到不满。随着诺基亚被内部收购，纳德拉可能很难说服这些****商坚持使用微软的移动平台。

我们已经联系了所有微软的硬件合作伙伴，无论大小，我们将在收到他们的评论后更新这篇文章。

"We are thrilled at the choice Microsoft went with. Satya has an incredible technical background, but where we feel he’s best suited is in his lack of being involved with too many areas of the company prior to being named CEO. In this regard, we believe Satya can bring fresh perspective to Microsoft as a whole. While some have said that Satya lacks the experience of running a public company, we believe that this is actually going to be his biggest asset. This would be like a fresh reboot for Microsoft.

"Sometimes when you start over fresh, you let go of the burden of knowing everything, and are free to rediscover and reinvent. This is where Microsoft is now, and we think it’s an amazing place." — Tuan Nguyen, iBuypower.

"I'm happy to see that Microsoft promoted Satya Nadella from within and we are very excited to see how the PC gaming community, and all PC users, can benefit from his experience with connected devices and cloud centric services. I’d love to see things change so that PC gamers and users can actually have access to their entire library of purchased games and apps, regardless if it was purchased on any PC, c***ole, or mobile device, so that everything feels like one giant ecosystem across all devices." — Kevin Wasielewski, Origin PC CEO.

"We’re excited to see fresh new talent taking charge at Microsoft. Microsoft has always been behind the market with missed opportunities, hopefully that will change now. The future is definitely the progression of cloud computing and how computers merge with **artphones, tablets, etc. We’re looking forward to Satya Nadella’s inspiring approach in cloud computing to help create a better Windows experience for our products." — Harjit Chana, Digital Storm Chief Brand Officer.