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[News] Vista7 Will Kill Microsoft and Promote GNU/Linux on Sub-notebooks

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Fatal Windows 7 Flaw Will Bolster Linux Netbooks 

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| First, let me point out that I think Microsoft has done a reasonably good job 
| developing Windows 7. Most early buzz about the operating system was 
| positive. But when it comes to running Windows 7 on netbooks, Microsoft has 
| made a fatal design decision that will open the door for more Linux netbooks. 
| Skeptical? Consider the evidence.    
| 
| Microsoft’s Windows 7 Starter edition — which will target netbooks — can only 
| run three applications simultaneously. Did somebody suddenly rewind the clock 
| 15 years? Has Microsoft lost its mind? Even novice users run far more than 
| three applications during one sitting.   
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http://www.workswithu.com/2009/02/06/fatal-windows-7-flaw-will-bolster-linux-netbooks/


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Netbooks are a win for Microsoft? Think again.

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| And given that price is the most important element of the netbook market, the
| moment Microsoft feels they've solidified their market share and being
| raising prices, their share will vaporize.  Linux's existence on netbooks
| will continue to create a loss for them, regardless of how much "market
| share" they have.  And the best part is, as people get used to Linux on the
| netbooks, they'll eventually want it on the desktop as well.  And that's
| something that Microsoft will do anything to avoid.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=521


Microsoft Leaves the Door Wide Open for Linux on Netbooks

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| Windows 7 Starter Edition will also be made available to OEM's for
| installation on netbooks in all markets. This is presumably so that MS can
| finally end the sales of Windows XP to the netbook makers. I find it
| hilarious that Microsoft will offer such a limited, pathetic product for the
| netbook market. This will be a huge opportunity for the Linux community to
| educate the public about the plethora of free, feature complete Linux
| distributions available to run on their netbooks.
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http://linugadgetech.blogspot.com/2009/02/microsoft-leaves-door-wide-open-for.html


Cheap PCs Weigh on Microsoft

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| But most netbooks have less processing power than their full-featured cousins
| and can’t run high-spec versions of Windows, the world’s most widely used
| operating system. Microsoft is selling netbook makers cheaper, lighter
| versions of its operating system, but some manufacturers cut it out
| altogether by using Linux, an open-source OS. About 30% of netbooks, which
| sell for as little as $300, run a version of Linux.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/12/08/cheap-pcs-weigh-on-microsoft/


Will the netbook cannibalize the traditional PC market?

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| Will netbooks ultimately put the Linux OS on an equal footing with Windows in
| terms of market share? Probably not. Given how consumers view netbooks right
| now -- more as a "mini laptop" than as another category of device in its own
| right-- an ultra mobile device more in line with a mobile Internet device
| (MID) than a PC -- consumers are favoring Windows.
|
| "As consumers come to view it as less of a PC and more of a tool to access
| the Internet that happens to look like a laptop because of its larger screen
| and keyboard, then they will probably come to accept Linux more readily,"
| Solis said. "In addition, only x86-based processors from Intel and Via (AMD
| had not yet jumped into this game) can support Windows. x86 also support
| Linux. The competing platform base would be ARM -- mostly with Cortex A-8 and
| Cortex A-9 based processors from ARM itself and its licensees. These
| platforms do not support Windows XP or Vista, but they do support full PC
| versions of Linux (that would be optimized for netbooks and MIDs)."
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http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=24078
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