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IBM Lotus Strategist Sees Linux on Netbooks Making Inroads vs. Windows in 2009
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| Heintzman, who admitted to being won over when one of his colleagues let him
| play with it, predicted that as more and more people begin to use netbooks
| for play, more robust netbooks and even desktops based on Linux will rise up
| as more cost-effective, secure and durable machines.
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| Noting that Lenovo, Dell and HP are getting into this game, Heintzman
| said "these whole class of cloud notebook may be the thing that changes the
| viability of Linux on the desktop."
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/IBM-Lotus-Strategist-Sees-Linux-on-Netbooks-Making-Inroads-Vs-Windows-in-2009/
Going small: Netbooks aim for new PC sales
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| Call it going small to get big, but a weak economy and expected declines in
| personal computer sales have nearly all the major PC makers looking at
| low-cost, streamlined laptops -- commonly known as netbooks -- as a way to
| revive the market in the coming years.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/netbooks-aim-capture-share-pc/story.aspx?guid=%7BEBBC7BFA-C612-428D-8127-263AE992E4B1%7D&dist=msr_3
http://tinyurl.com/5vrqlh
ASUS Eee PC 1000HA Netbook
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| With a countless number of netbooks available, we're looking to see if the
| originator of them all still has what it takes to deliver a model that's both
| affordable, and complete with the features we're after. The 1000HA lacks the
| Bluetooth and Draft n of the 1000H, but still retains the same great looks,
| along with killer battery-life.
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http://techgage.com/article/asus_eee_pc_1000ha_netbook
Recent:
Netbooks free with cellular contract?
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| LG Electronics announced a netbook that sports aWish list: 10 improvements
| for KDE 4.2 built-in HSPA (high speed packet access) modem, and may be
| available from carriers in subsidized form. The X110 has a 1.6GHz Atom
| processor, 10-inch screen, 80GB or 120GB hard drive, 802.11b/g, and a wired
| Ethernet port, says LG.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4798022680.html
Related:
How will Linux win the OS wars? From the bottom up!
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| So therefore, best way to win the war of the operating systems is not to go
| after the high end market.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=352
Low-cost laptops make PC makers mull margins
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| “Computers have been an exception. If you look at consumer electronics, a DVD
| player was about $800 10 years ago – now they sell for $20,” she says. “The
| [computer] industry has been able to keep the price flat by focusing on
| gazillion-gigahertz machines running really bloated software and that’s
| worked for years since the IBM PC revolution.”
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| [...]
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| OLPC found a strong uptake for a “give one, get one” campaign it launched in
| North America in November. It discovered consumers were willing to pay $400
| for an XO – the price meant another XO would be given free to a
| developing-world child. It is now launching OLPC America to extend the cheap
| laptop concept for children in the US.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cfba14f4-cf64-11dc-854a-0000779fd2ac.html
Linux Has Won, Windows is Gone
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| Sorry Windows you have already lost this battle. There is no way to reverse
| this and no amount of incentives that Microsoft can offer to convince people
| and governments that they will be safe if they switch back to Windows. Lets
| be honest here for a moment. Would your trust America's nuclear technologies
| to be run on Windows? What happens when it bluescreens, yeah you get my point
| don't you?
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http://linuxhow2.com/News/Linux_Has_Won_Windows_is_Gone.html
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