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Anathematising Abject, Apologetic Asus
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| And just to insult our intelligences a little further:
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| When asked about rumors that Asustek faced pressure from Microsoft and
| Intel over the use of Android and Snapdragon in the Eee PC, Tsang
| said "no, pressure, none."
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| Riiiiiiiiight: no, pressure, none - perhaps he should have read his Hamlet
| (Act III, Scene II) a little more closely. If there was no pressure, why on
| earth did he apologise, making himself and his company look awkward? - it
| just doesn't make sense.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/06/anathematising-abject-apologetic-asus.html
Microsoft to use a new term for netbook
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| Microsoft declined to comment on the speculation, saying Guggenheimer would
| provide more details of the strategy while delivering a keynote speech at the
| company's Computex forum on June 3.
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090602PD221.html
The Case of the Disapearing Linux and other Mysteries of the Internet.
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| Lately I have noticed a pattern. Maybe it’s in my head, but it is mystery
| that keeps getting deeper and darker as I go along. It started with getting
| very tired of seeing “Windows only”, or “Windows and Mac Only,” or “Windows
| and Mac for now but Linux Support Coming Soon.” These annoying statements
| seem to be showing up in more blog posts, and more download pages lately. For
| a while there I thought the tide was turning, but something seems to have
| happened. I know these are probably not all related to some grand paranoid
| scheme from Microsoft to sabotage Linux, but sometimes I wonder. For
| instance, what made Asus, the makers of the Gnu/Linux eee-pc morph into Asus
| the “better with Windows eee-pc maker? Something big happened. Some type of
| deal, that is very shady and almost certainly anti-competitive. And before
| that there were the linux pc’s on sale at Walmart- that suddenly stopped
| being for sale, even though they were making money for Walmart. So I know
| Microsoft is scared.
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http://innerphaze.homelinux.com/blog/?p=769
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.
|
| 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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