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Jim Zemlin on Moblin and the well-hedged OS
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| In an interview with the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin, the group's executive
| director explains why Moblin is "the project you want to watch." Zemlin
| (pictured) also touts Linux for being ideally "well hedged" to survive the
| recession, but points to a future obstacle for the OS.
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http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6156185477.html
The Inspiration behind Netbooks
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| The Netbook concept has an interesting provenance. Clearly it was inspired in
| part by the One Laptop Per Child organization and its XO computer for
| children in poor countries. Another stimulus was Transmeta’s bid to come up
| with a brand new processor architecture for small portable computers—which
| scared Intel into coming up with the Atom chip.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/12/the_inspiration.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat
http://tinyurl.com/5jldd8
Recent:
On Linux for Netbooks
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| What I have learned from this experience is that tough as it may be, Linux
| can really be a substitute for MS Windows if you are willing to spend the
| time learning how it works. Every application I have on my Windows PC has the
| same or equivalent Linux counterpart, including My Dropbox and Skype, etc.
| The only application I could find for Linux is the PCSuite for my Nokia
| phone. Hello Nokia?
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http://blog.wificat.com/2008/12/on-linux-for-netbooks.html
Linux Carried Along on Netbooks Wave
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| Morvay revealed to Linux Magazine Online that there were no specific figures
| for Linux netbook sales, but that it lay somewhere in the 40th percentile.
| Even though this figure seems a little high, it is known that many of the
| world's netbooks have Linux on board since their first inception 18 months
| ago.
|
| For example, notebooks with Linux make up about 5.5% of the notebook market
| in Germany...
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_carried_along_on_netbooks_wave
Microsoft Missing Out on Netbook Growth as Linux Wins Sales
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| Small laptops are becoming a big problem for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
| business.
|
| A new breed of lightweight computers called netbooks are beginning to crack
| the company's dominance of operating systems. Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer
| Inc., which together account for 90 percent of the netbook market, are using
| the rival Linux software on about 30 percent of their low-cost notebooks.
|
| The devices, which usually cost less than $500, are the fastest-growing
| segment of the personal-computer industry -- a trend that's eating into
| Microsoft's revenue. Windows sales fell short of forecasts last quarter and
| the company cut growth projections for the year, citing the lower revenue it
| gets from netbooks. When makers of the computers do use Windows, they
| typically opt for older and cheaper versions of the software.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3VyE_ofSwwE
Microsoft Battles Low-Cost Rival for Africa
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| In Nigeria, Microsoft proposed paying $400,000 last year under a
| joint-marketing agreement to a government contractor it was trying to
| persuade to replace Linux with Windows on thousands of school laptops. The
| contractor's former chief executive describes the proposal as an incentive to
| make the switch -- an interpretation Microsoft denies. In Namibia and
| Nigeria, where it has sought government contracts, the company hired family
| members of government officials. Microsoft says they were qualified.
|
| [...]
|
| On Oct. 30, Mandriva announced it had won the contract to provide Linux
| software for the Classmates. Microsoft didn't give up. The next day, it
| delivered TSC a revised draft agreement with an "effective date" of Nov. 1,
| documents show. It offered to pay $400,000 to TSC. In the revised agreement,
| there no longer was any mention of TSC having to comply with Microsoft's code
| of conduct.
|
| In an Oct. 31 email, TSC told Mandriva that there had been a "change in
| circumstances," and that it "has recently reached an understanding with
| Microsoft to convert" the Classmates from Linux to Windows.
|
| Mandriva's chief executive, Francois Bancilhon, responded by posting "an open
| letter to Steve Ballmer," Microsoft's CEO, on Mandriva's Web site. "What have
| you done to these guys to make them change their mind like this?" he
| wrote. "It's quite clear to me, and it will be to everyone. How do you call
| what you just did, Steve? There are various names for it, I'm sure you know
| them." Mr. Bancilhon declined to elaborate on his letter.
|
| In the end, the joint-marketing agreement was never signed, and the Microsoft
| deal unraveled. Microsoft says it gave up after "it became clear" that the
| Nigerian government wanted Linux.
|
| The laptops were delivered with Linux.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122332198757908625.html
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