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[News] Microsoft Puts Hands on Design of Our Linux Gear

Microsoft set to "improve" PC design 

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| Software giant Microsoft is apparently spending shedloads working on
| better designs for PCs to match its super soaraway operating system Vista.
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        http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34006

With kickbacks and payolas, it's clear that many of these machines will have
Linux installed (dual-boot or Linux in isolation). So why tailor the design
to expensive unwanted bloatware that is not secure and puts privacy in
jeopardy? It seems like lockin by design, which is added to lockin by OEM
deadlocks and non-standard formats/applications.

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