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Linux on Netbooks: The Smoking Gun
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| Is there no regulatory body that can get Microsoft's fat fanny off of Linux
| so it can get some air? Instead the DOJ are investigating *Google*? What
| Microsoft is reportedly doing is a pimple on the antitrust regulators' noses.
| We see it. Why can't you? Where are you? Please don't wait until Linux is
| totally crushed.
|
| Let us customers choose what we prefer from a fair and even playing field,
| please. I'd like to buy the products that are being squashed. A lot of us
| would like to. And we are not being allowed to get the products that we
| desire. I don't want Microsoft software. I'd like a choice. And I shouldn't
| have to buy a netbook with Microsoft on it and install Linux myself. I will,
| but I should not have to.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090619161307529
Microsoft forbids changes to Windows 7 netbook wallpaper
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| Netbook users running Windows 7 Starter Edition better learn to enjoy
| Microsoft's default desktop background, because that's all they're getting.
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| Windows 7 Starter Edition not only blocks end-users from swapping the
| original Windows-provided wallpaper, colors, and sound schemes - OEMs and
| partners aren't allowed into the personalization options either.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/oems_cant_brand_windows_7_starter_desktop/
It's not enough telling them what hardware they are allowed to use.
Related:
More evidence of Microsoft "tying up" the Asus EeePC
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| 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.
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| The real question is: will the next maker manage to resist Microsoft’s
| pressure? Or will everybody end up closely tied up with Microsoft?
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/more_evidence_microsoft_tying_up_the_asus_eeepc
EXCLUSIVE: ASUS Speaks on the EEE PC
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| TechTree: States like Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka promote the Linux
| operating system in its education and government sectors. Will ASUS roll out
| Linux alternatives for the new 904HD and 1000H models in India?
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| Benson Lin: Currently, we're closely tied up with Microsoft and the EEE PC
| with Windows XP would be available to the Indian market.
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http://www.techtree.com/India/News/EXCLUSIVE_ASUS_Speaks_on_the_EEE_PC/551-91486-581.html
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