Commentary: Taiwan notebook players sound off on Linux
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| OEMs, on the other hand, noted it is less costly to produce
| Linux-based notebooks and demand at the lower end of the market
| is worth developing. And while the authorization fees for Windows
| entry-level education OS edition in undeveloped countries are
| around US$40, those for Linux OS are nearly free, the OEMs noted.
| Therefore, the OEMs say they are optimistic about the opportunities
| a shift to Linux-based notebooks presents.
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http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070315PD213.html
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| Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test
| IT professionals are being forced to adopt Microsoft's operating systems
| -- even if they tell their PC supplier they want a system free of
| Microsoft software, ZDNet UK's research has revealed.
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| The reasons -- or excuses -- were varied.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39286228,00.htm
Related:
Linux-powered e-paper e-book offers 60 books per charge
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| Taiwan-based e-book specialist eRead is shipping a Linux-based
| electronic book reader featuring an electrophoretic (aka electronic
| paper) display (EPD).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9913276931.html
Linux powers dual-mode multimedia smartphone
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| Taiwan-based phone designer and manufacturer Accton Technology Corp.
| is marketing a Linux-based dual-mode phone design said to support
| both quad-band GSM and 802.11b/g networks. The VM3228T offers rich
| multimedia capabilities, and features seamless cellular/WiFi
| switch-over based on 3GPP standards, according to the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9521201305.html
Q&A: Linux hot, standards not with China, Taiwan
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| Earlier this year, members of Chinese and Taiwanese IT associations
| announced broad plans to work together to jointly develop and promote
| Linux as well as home-grown standards for certain IT components.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/27/HNchinataiwan_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/27/HNchinataiwan_1.html
http://tinyurl.com/yj3xnq
Embedded computer module aims Linux at industrial apps
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| Taiwanese industrial computing specialist Artila Electronics
| is shipping a processor module pre-loaded with a Linux 2.6
| kernel and filesystem.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4719150021.html
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