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[News] Linux Boots Windows; GNU/Linux on Almost Half of Netbooks, But Microsoft Downplays It

  • Subject: [News] Linux Boots Windows; GNU/Linux on Almost Half of Netbooks, But Microsoft Downplays It
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:49:51 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
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Making the Browser the First Stop

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| Cloud is Good OS' new browser/operating system. When a user boots up the 
| computer, it quickly goes to a Web browser with a dock of launch icons along 
| the bottom of the screen. From there, the user can surf the Web, go straight 
| to a particular Web app, power down or move on to a full-blown Windows or 
| Linux OS.    
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Making-the-Browser-the-First-Stop-65348.html

Microsoft Executive: Netbooks Risk Cannibalizing Windows

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| "My personal view is that there's some cannibalization and some incremental ( 
| growth in units)," Bill Veghte, who runs Microsoft's Windows unit, said at a 
| technology conference.  
| 
| Veghte said that Windows was on about 70% of Netbooks in the market. 
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200812031212DOWJONESDJONLINE000716_FORTUNE5.htm


Recent:

is there a long-term future for the netbook?

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| The retail impact of Linux in the netbook market has been huge, with many
| retailers reporting that Linux based netbooks were taking up 40% or more of
| their notebook class shipments.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-there-long-term-future-for-netbook.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
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