After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> PR disaster alert: Asus attacks on Linux
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>| As the articles here and here as well as the discussion here point out,
>| leaving Linux is not only a bad move from a technical point of view but the
>| way it was done also angered and insulted members of the Linux community,
>| many of which are your customers. Guess what? They are not you consumers
>| anymore. Worse, these are usually people responsible for purchasing the
>| computing equipment for their families or their companies, so the loss goes
>| much deeper than just a few Linux users. Let's look at a few chosen comments
>| from the articles above....
> `----
>
> http://www.tech-no-media.com/2009/06/why-asus-linux-insult-is-pr-disaster.html
This comment says it:
Anonymous says:
On a positive note, there are many good Netbook alternatives which
include Linux these days.
It's not worth sticking with a vendor that is so out of touch
with their user base.
Maybe they just wanted to use Linux when it was a niche
market. Now that the market is getting saturated, they see
more money by partnering up.
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