Game-changer: Asus Eee PC a win for Intel and Linux, at Microsoft's expense
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| Intel wins, and Microsoft loses
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| Thanks to its combination of Intel hardware and a non-bloated Linux install,
| reviewers found that Asus's little laptop performs just as well as much
| larger and more expensive Windows notebooks. And the company spent enough
| time tweaking the unit's default Linux distro that Windows users will
| supposedly feel right at home.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071105-game-changer-asus-eee-pc-a-win-for-intel-and-linux-at-microsofts-expense.html
http://tinyurl.com/ywxbq3
Still, infected by Xandros. They do the patent plot with the Monopolist, so
some of the "expense" if passed on to Redmond's racketeers. Trolling ahead...
Open Source Developers Must Chart Clear Defense in the Patent Wars
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| The United States patent and legal system has turned into a battlefield where
| companies and technology developers can be attacked. Open source and free
| software developers have historically ignored this secondary battlefield,
| focusing instead on the primary battlefield of development and proliferation
| of their project. This omission leaves open source projects and individual
| developers vulnerable to patent infringement lawsuits. By creating its own
| defensive patent portfolio as commercial companies do, the open source
| community can arm itself for this battle.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/110207-patent-op-ed.html
Related:
The Jonney Machine
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| Asustek decided that the Windows operating system was out of the question.
| The licensing costs would have been the most expensive part of the computer.
| So it decided to use Linux and build its own user interface, and that became
| the most time-consuming part of the project.
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http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/1112/024a.html
Windows XP will double the price of Asustek's Eee PC
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| Adding Windows XP to Asustek Computer's Eee PC will double the price of the
| low-cost laptop compared to existing versions running Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/103007-windows-xp-will-double-the.html
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