-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Asus (re)spins $200 netbook
,----[ Quote ]
| Asus is credited with touching off the netbook explosion with its Eee PC
| (above), tipped to cost just $200 when it was first shown off by company
| officials in June 2007. The device eventually shipped for $400 in Nov. 2007,
| with a seven-inch screen, a 900MHz Celeron processor, and the Linux operating
| system.
|
| [...]
|
| But now, according to Shen, Asus plans to bring the netbook concept back to
| its low-cost roots. During a conference call set up to discuss the company's
| third-quarter financial results, posted yesterday, he said "next year, you
| can expect an entry-level Eee PC for around $200."
`----
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9054845909.html
Asus promises $200 eee PC in 2009
,----[ Quote ]
| There's no doubt about, when it comes to selling small laptops (or what's now
| often called a netbook) Asus is king of the hill. Just like most people think
| of Apple's iPod when it comes to MP3 players Asus' eee PC brand has become
| synonymous with small inexpensive laptops. I honestly can't remember the last
| university lecture where I didn't see at least one student with an eee PC and
| on a short 2h train-ride on the weekend I spotted 3 people using eee PCs.
`----
http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/competition/asus_promises_200_dollar_eeepc_in_2009.html
Recent:
Asus ships 700,000 Eees in a month
,----[ Quote ]
| Admittedly, Asus still has some way to go if it wants to beat its own goal of
| shipping 24 million motherboards this year. So far, the firm has ‘only’
| managed to ship 17.22 million units in Q3.
`----
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/06/asus-manages-ship-700-eees
More evidence of Microsoft "tying up" the Asus EeePC
,----[ Quote ]
| Then, one of the makers of Netbooks will release a fantastic product using
| the paid Ubuntu/Netbook Remix, which will make us all forget about the EeePC
| — or, maybe we’ll remember it as one of the makers which used GNU/Linux in
| order to launch a product, and then gave in to Microsoft’s pressure.
|
| The real question is: will the next maker manage to resist Microsoft’s
| pressure? Or will everybody end up closely tied up with Microsoft?
`----
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/more_evidence_microsoft_tying_up_the_asus_eeepc
Microsoft worried over Linux ULPCs
,----[ Quote
| An un-named Microsoft official quoted in the original article claims that
| manufacturers currently offering Linux on their low-cost devices “have made
| some good inroads with open-source, and Microsoft wants to put a stop to it.”
`----
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/microsoft-worried-over-linux-ulpcs/1
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
|
| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
`----
http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Otellini: 'MID revolution will be centred round Linux'
,----[ Quote ]
| Intel CEO says Microsoft's insistence on pushing Vista will hand market to
| open source rival
|
| Intel's CEO has said that he sees the revolution that is about to happen
| around mobile internet devices (MID) such as the Eee PC and other Atom-based
| sub-notebooks will be "centred round Linux", in an interview with Associated
| Press.
`----
http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29939/Otellini-MID-revolution-will-be-centred-round-Linux
Acer bets big on Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and
| netbooks.
`----
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2218172/acer-pushes-linux-hard
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAkkQ25oACgkQU4xAY3RXLo46CACff4d7qwAlEmOwlUBfG4bFZ07L
TxcAoJH+MiZHnDSpENXqoIcABHbemH78
=fM5V
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
