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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Thursday 29 January 2009 20:07 : \____
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> After takin' a swig o' grog, Erik Funkenbusch belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:42:03 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>>> He's all but saying Linux's opportunity in this market is shrinking and
>>>> that once 7 comes out, it will be even worse.
>>>
>>> No he's not.
>>>
>>> So why is XP making such a strong comeback? Well, I think Microsoft is
>>> offering some very sweet deals to the OEMs to make sure that XP gets a
>>> lot of play. The OEMs, who feel like Microsoft owes them after sticking
>>> with the Vista stink-bomb, are happy to get low-cost XP.
>>
>> Which means, that if price diffrence is not great, OEM's (and thus their
>> customers) would rather hvae XP than Linux. In fact, they'd rather have XP
>> even if it costs more, just not full price more.
>
> That's to be expected, isn't it?
>
> People try to portray this curve as bad for Linux:
>
> Linux Netbook Sales
> (%)
> |
> 100 | _______
> | | |
> | | \
> | | \
> 30 | | \________
> | |
> 0 |______/______________________
>
> A B
>
> where A is "netbook market starts" and B is "Microsoft craps its pants and
> reacts".
>
> It is not bad for Linux.
>
>>> Even so, Linux-powered netbooks are still cheaper than ones with XP, but
>>> the vendors, with the exception of Dell with its Ubuntu hardware, aren't
>>> doing much to promote them. Yes, everyone who's anyone in PCs now offers
>>> desktop Linux, but they're not advertising it.
>>
>> Yeah, except comapnies like Toshiba and Gateway.
>
> Gateway? Bleh. I'll grant you Toshiba, though.
In March of 2008 Microsoft began /dumping/ Windows and pressuring OEMs too.
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