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Windows 7 Means Netbook Cost Increase
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| The whole reason netbooks are attractive to customers is because they are
| low-cost, quick-booting, portable computers with good battery life.
| The 'low-cost' part is crucial, because it's what has allowed so many people
| without the money for a new desktop or notebook to pick up netbooks.
| Unfortunately, that benefit of the platform may soon be fading away, leaving
| us with another example of why you should never trust Microsoft.
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| [...]
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| There's still a hope for the netbook market, and its name is Google Chrome.
| It looks like manufacturers are backing away from Android as a netbook OS,
| and no Linux distro is ever going to be popular enough to draw a substantial
| amount of customers away from Win 7 products.
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http://www.i4u.com/article26167.html
Microsoft is under investigation for potentially illegal behaviour here.
Kickbacks are not permitted, esp. for monopolies.
Recent:
Press-release of 21.07.2009
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| On 15th July 2009, the Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS
| Russia) began proceedings in a case against ÂÐÑÐr Inc.Â, ÂASUSTeK Computer
| Inc.Â, ÂToshiba CorporationÂ, ÂHewlett-Packard CompanyÂ, Â Samsung
| Electronics Co., Ltd. and ÂDell Inc. for the elements of violating the
| antimonopoly legislation. In accordance with the Determination of 20th July
| 2009, the FAS Russia's Commission, investigating the case, suspended the case
| until receiving additional evidence. The case will continue on 10th September
| 2009.
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http://www.fas.gov.ru/english/news/n_25502.shtml
- From Russia with Linux
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| Be sure Microsoft will put up a fight, because it will:
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| Â Â1. Make clear to the customer what he pays for and how much he pays for
| Â Â Â it;
| Â Â2. Make it virtually impossible to impose its terms to hardware
| Â Â Â Âmanufacturers;
| Â Â3. Give customers a real alternative, backed by a major company;
| Â Â4. Expose the vulnerability of its business model in the 21st century to
| Â Â Â the shareholders in a way that cannot be misunderstood;
| Â Â5. Create a dangerous precedent - if here, why not in the US?
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http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/07/from-russia-with-linux.html
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