Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Ultra-mobile future beckons for PCs
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The desktop PC's days of dominance could be numbered as laptops and
>| ultra-mobile PCs begin to reap the benefit of ever greater, and more
>| efficient, computing power.
> `----
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7178278.stm
>
> It mentions Windows twice despite the fact that Windows fails in this area. It
> doesn't mention Linux which takes over it. Another fine example of poor poor
> biased reporting. No wonder people are left with the wrong impression that
> Windows is strong.
>
> On the other hand, the Linux-based Eee was mentioned as one of the best of CES:
>
> The best gadgets of CES 2008
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Eee GOES WIMAX
> `----
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7173582.stm
>
>
Unfortunately, I think that the BBC is suffering as much from
incompetent technical journalism here, as much as anything else. Of
course, admitting the growth of these linux-based devices would, in the
end, lead to embarassing questions being asked, so perhaps the junior
editors are just playing careful politics? In an environment where the
BBC recruited 4,000 managers in order to sack 2,000 production staff
(Private Eye is the source for this), they're probably all a little
nervous.
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