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Linux, netbooks threaten Microsoft's fat profits
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| The story also cites a Citigroup study as saying that netbooks will
| represent "about a third" of PC growth in 2008, and will grow at an annual
| rate of 60 percent through 2010, when Citigroup expects 29 million netbooks
| to sell.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2045641099.html
Since over 40% are estimated to be running GNU/Linux (first reference below),
that makes well over 10% prebundling rate for GNU/Linux overall, on
so-called 'desktops'.
Recent:
Linux Carried Along on Netbooks Wave
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| Morvay revealed to Linux Magazine Online that there were no specific figures
| for Linux netbook sales, but that it lay somewhere in the 40th percentile.
| Even though this figure seems a little high, it is known that many of the
| world's netbooks have Linux on board since their first inception 18 months
| ago.
|
| For example, notebooks with Linux make up about 5.5% of the notebook market
| in Germany...
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_carried_along_on_netbooks_wave
Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent [preinstalled, not installed base]
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| Microsoft is still be shipped with 93 per cent of all PCs sold through
| distribution in the UK, according to Context.
|
| Yet Linux has nevertheless made an impressive gain.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/01/linux-preloads-rocket-per-cent
Sustainable computing for the masses
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| Dukker says about 40 per cent of NComputing's customers have chosen Linux
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| (the company uses Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or SuSE) and the remainder have gone
| with Windows on the host. He is careful to specify that he has no religion
| when it comes to the operating system - it is entirely the buyer's choice.
| (Of course, if he were not offering the GNU/Linux option, then he wouldn't
| have got a run here).
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17254/1090/
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