Five reasons not to fear a $200 Linux PC
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| "The success is, in part, driven by the fact that for people doing an
| increasing percentage of day-to-day tasks like e-mail in the context of
| software as a service, at that point it soon doesn't matter what operating
| system you have," said Redmonk's O'Grady. "If a majority of (computer) usage
| is browsing the Internet and doing things like that, (Linux) is perfectly
| credible, perfectly usable."
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http://www.news.com/Five-reasons-not-to-fear-a-200-Linux-PC/2100-1044_3-6227419.html?tag=nefd.lede
Photos: Three low-cost Linux PCs
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Shuttle to release sub-$200 Linux box
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| ONE OF THE potentially biggest announcements at CES will probably go
| unnoticed by most, a Linux box from Shuttle. Get ready for a low priced
| machine from a big name, a first that I am aware of.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/06/shuttle-release-sub-200-linux
Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs
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| Opinion -- Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same
| time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is at such a
| tipping point right now and the result will be millions of Linux-powered PCs
| in users' hands.
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| Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the
| point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows
| XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to.
| Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can
| no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice
| of the desktop market pie.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2414535067.html
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