__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 28 December 2006 06:13 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
>> wisdom:
>>
>>> $100 laptop marches on the developing world
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The unit will be running an adapted version of Red Hat's Fedora
>>> | Linux distribution. This could propel market share for Linux on
>>> | the desktop as high as 12 per cent, Negroponte has projected.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/analysis/2171408/100-laptop-marches-developing
>>
>> 12% would be cool.
>>
>
> If you start to look at PDAs, tablets and phones in the mix, too, then
> the figure will be much larger I suspect. A cut-down version of Firefox
> for small form devices could really make a splash, too.
http://www.medpda.net/archives/001378.html
Opera may be a tough competitor though. They reign, judging on functionality
and standards, at least on mobiles. The only thing going for IE is
prebundling.
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