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Small but disruptive
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| At Computex, Acer announced that it would use Android together with an Intel
| chip. Other firms are expected to follow suit. Intel is also pushing another
| version of Linux, called Moblin. Its long partnership with Microsoft
| notwithstanding, Intel does not seem to care what operating system netbooks
| use, provided they contain the firm’s chips.
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| Linux may also prove popular for tablets, a market that Apple is likely to
| energise when it finally launches its much-awaited new device (though any
| Apple tablet will run its own operating system). The reason it did not happen
| this week, some say, was that either the tablet or Mr Jobs, who would like to
| present it personally, is not yet ready for action. Unlike Godot, Mr Jobs and
| the new gadget are likely to appear eventually—probably in time for the
| holiday season.
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http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13832588
Interview with Intel's Pankaj Kedia @ Computex 2009
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| All those devices are based on the Android or Linux operation systems because
| of cost-efficiency issues but also because of lack of support from Microsoft.
| (This was also confirmed by Steve Guggenheimer, Microsoft's corporate VP for
| original equipment manufacturers during his interview at Computex). Intel
| seems to have let those challenges emerge even though it has enough of a
| shield to have avoided this competition from the starting point.
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http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/digihunter/post.htm?id=63011395&scid=hm_bl
Microsoft is losing tons of money because of GNU/Linux. This can't last.
Recent:
A Day to Remember: 23 April, 2009
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| And there's another reason why yesterday was significant: Microsoft announced
| what are probably its worst quarter results ever:
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| Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $13.65 billion for the third
| quarter ended March 31, 2009, a 6% decline from the same period of the prior
| year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the
| quarter were $4.44 billion, $2.98 billion and $0.33 per share, which
| represented an increase of 3% and declines of 32% and 30%, respectively, when
| compared with the prior year period.
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| Now, the global financial crisis certainly contributed to those figures, but
| I think there's a bigger underlying trend here, which is that the Microsoft
| money machine is faltering.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2136
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