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[News] Desktops May Less Than 2% of 'the Market'

  • Subject: [News] Desktops May Less Than 2% of 'the Market'
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:26:37 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
[...and 'Microsoft domination' just a marketing illusion]

AMD's Framewave toolkit now GPLv3-compatible

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| Around 98% of the world's CPUs manufactured are used in embedded systems.
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http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/132


Recent:

Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html


PCs being pushed aside in Japan

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| The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly 
| on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act 
| like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles, 
| digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.   
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_hi_te/bye_bye_pcs


Linux to grow 278% in embedded/mobile/real-time apps

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| Linux use in "next" embedded, mobile, and real-time projects will grow 278 
| percent over that in "previous" projects, suggests a recent survey by Venture 
| Development Corp. (VDC).   
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7115758310.html

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