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[News] OEMs Almost Forced to Install Just GNU/Linux on PCs

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Dell Extends Windows XP Sales 'By Popular Demand'

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| An example of a nettop is the Asus Eee PC, which runs Windows XP or Linux and 
| sells for less than $400. Such low-spec machines would be incapable of 
| running Vista.   
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| Without continued access to XP, vendors like Asus would be forced to offer 
| only Linux on their systems. It's a situation Microsoft is trying to avoid as 
| sales of low-cost PCs rise in emerging markets like India and China.   
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208800326


Recent:

More details surface regarding Dell's UMPC

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| runs either Linux/Windows XP
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| runs either Linux/Windows XP
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| runs either Linux/Windows XP
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| and runs either Linux/Windows XP.
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| and runs either Linux/Windows XP.
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http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/28904


Acer bets big on Linux

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| Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and
| netbooks.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2218172/acer-pushes-linux-hard


Microsoft sees slide in profits

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm


Related:

Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista

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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
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| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
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| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
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