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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Comment: Why netbooks are here to stay
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>> | The success of the Eee was behind the reason for Microsoft's surprise
>> | announcement that it would continue to offer the Windows XP operating
>> | system past its shelf-life just for what the company calls
>> | ultra-low-cost PCs, or ULCPCs.
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>> | This was big news in the industry as Microsoft knew this would be jumped
>> | on by the tech press and described as a u-turn in a potential PR
>> | nightmare, especially considering the lack of popularity of Vista.
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>> | So why did they do it? Not just for revenue reasons - in order to avoid
>> | Linux getting a bigger toe-hold in this vital emerging market, primarily
>> | made up of young users.
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>> http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/15588/16612
> netbooks-are-here-to-stay.phtml
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>> Microsoft gave up on margins. Profits are likely to fall again in the next
>> MSFT report.
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> Micoshaft is now reduced to a reactionary company,
> while Linux sets the pace.
Good observation.
> Micoshaft revenues are sinking while google is rising.
Linux Market to Triple by 2012
http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb031108-story07.html
Linux products and services to touch $7.7 bn by 2012
http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Open-Source/News-Reports/Linux-products-and-services-to-touch-$77-bn-by-2012/5108102625/0/
Microsoft sees slide in profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
Microsoft Profit Drops; Forecast May Miss Estimates
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aQ7_iN1SxJ.c&refer=worldwide
Microsoft stock drops amid slumping sales
http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_9061263
> Both on same
> magnitude now. So Micoshaft and their asstroturfers and what they have to
> say are no longer that important.
> Google employs some one million Linux servers to beat the crap
> out of Micoshaft.
Well, it's a question of trends. Google and Linux do well; Microsoft does not.
Microsoft can't reverse this. Its management sees an exodus and fast decline
in bank balance.
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