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Re: Asus and Splashtop - Linux on 1,000,000 motherboards a month

____/ bbgruff on Wednesday 14 May 2008 19:49 : \____

> Sean Inglis wrote:
> 
>> http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/173220&from=rss
>> 
>> Interesting to see what effect this has - a very easy way to get
>> utility out of your PC if it's hosed, whatever OS it has installed
> 
> Oh, I'm sure you are making far too much of this, and that other
> manufacturers will be doing exactly the same with embedded-Vista before
> the month is out.....
> 
> Asus you say??  Don't they also manufacture some small laptops (7" and
> 9") with certain OS options, and ship them by the million....?
> Is it THAT Asus...?:-)

I'm sure Microsoft will come out with some $18 embedded Windows (*chuckle*) and
manage to /cripple/ the mobo somehow, all in response to Linux. Oh wait...
these are not low-cost laptops and Microsoft software mobo can't work life
SplashTop, can it?

SplashTop has been out for over 6 months. It's nice to see Asustek taking it
forward!

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