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Why the WinTel axis is crumbling
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| Questioned by one Charlie Demerjian about Android, Chandrasekher said Intel
| was keen to enable all comers to run operating systems on MIDs powered by its
| chips. "It's not that we don't support Windows, he said separately, "we're
| just following the action" (in the marketplace).
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| And in MIDs at least, that action is increasingly moving away from Windows
| and towards more open source offerings and that, in no small measure, is
| thanks to Moblin2.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1184567/why-wintel-axis-crumbling
Why Android smartbooks will eventually be free
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| Could Microsoft derail the smartbooks plan?
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| I don't think so! The problem is that Microsoft does not have leverage on
| mobile network operators like it has leverage on computer manufacturers. The
| operators on the other hand have huge leverage on the device manufacturers:
| They are in reality their customers since they purchase the machines that
| will be sold or given away away to the final consumer. They can decide what
| they want to buy or not, and if they decide that they do not want to pay for
| Windows, they won't. Since no manufacturer would refuse an order of half a
| million devices from AT&T or Verizon the manufacturers will do what they are
| told.
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http://www.tech-no-media.com/2009/06/why-android-smartbooks-will-eventually.html
Recent:
Microsoft debt offering raises questions about plans for funds
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| Microsoft, which has historically avoided borrowing money, this morning took
| the next step in its previously announced plan to raise funds through a
| public debt offering. The company made the move in a preliminary prospectus
| filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_debt_offering_raises_questions_about_plans_for_funds_44725857.html
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