__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 12:57 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Ubuntu's commercial sponsor joins GNOME advisory board
>>
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>>| Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, will announce on
>>| April 18 that it has joined the GNOME Foundation's advisory board.
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>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7148339779.html
>>
>> Mark Shuttleworth: "Time for mass consumer sales of Linux on desktop has
>> not yet come"
>>
>
> I remain unconvinced that it will come before the end of the desktop as
> we know it arrives...
No need to look far ahead. Look at laptop/desktop ratio 5 years ago and
today. Also in the news:
Intel debuts Linux-based "Mobile Internet Device"
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| The chip giant projects a global market of 180 million units annually
| by 2010 for "Mobile Internet Devices" (MIDs), which are conceptually
| similar to Nokia's N800 tablet.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8166710404.html
Recall Gates' obsession with the UMPC, which goes many years into the past.
Apparently, Microsoft uses scare tactics to stifle Linux uptake in this
market (see my latest Intel post). But every scare tactic has its limit.
Intel's CEO has already said that 'Unix-type' devices are the future.
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