Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Microsoft and Intel want to limit Netbook screens to 10.2 inches
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> | There is collaboration, and there is collusion. According to Digitimes,
> | Microsoft and Intel have reached an agreement that the next generation
> | of Netbooks will not have displays larger than 10.2 inches. Vendors that
> | insist on making minilaptops with larger LCDs will not be eligible for
> | the lower Windows 7 volume licensing rates for these machines.
That is restrictive trade practices, collusion and cartel operation.
What is the Modus Operandi of this monopoly trade agreement?
Micoshaft needs to define how it is competing with Linux
when Balmer blurted micoshaft has been competing FOR YEARS WITH LINUX!!!
EU regulators asleep at the helm as usual.
Switch to ARM and ARM Linux netbooks and laptops.
Screen size can be any size without any trade restrictions.
No need to pay micoshaft licensing fees either.
So its cheaper and comes with more flexible option.
What would be even better is putting 2 or 4 Linux
ARM chips. Since Linux scales neatly with parallel
processing, those games, videos, and online
client side processing can all zip along a lot
faster than micoshaft/intel axle of evil CPUs
are able to do with a given power/screen size limited budget.
> http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2009/08/03
microsoft-and-intel-uses-windows-7-to-squeeze-laptop-screen-sizes-080329/
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> http://www.digitimes.com/NewRegister
join.asp?view=Article&DATEPUBLISH=2009/5/26&PAGES=PD&SEQ=211
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> Microsoft aims Windows Embedded at smartbooks
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> | The pint-sized ?Windows Embedded? OS is set to join its desktop and
> | smartphone cousins in Microsoft?s war against ?little Linux? distros
> | such as Android and Mobilin.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Many of these run on ARM and MIPS processors instead of Intel?s
> | x86-based silicon, and all of them favour Linux as their OS of choice.
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> http://apcmag.com/microsoft-aims-windows-embedded-at-smartbooks.htm
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> ARM-based netbooks set to arrive on US shores by year end
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> | New rumors peg the long-awaited arrival of ARM-based netbooks, often
> | called "smartbooks," for the final quarter of this year. They probably
> | won't dethrone Atom, but they will give the platform a taste of what it
> | did to the laptop.
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> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/08
arm-based-netbooks-set-to-arrive-on-us-shores-by-year-end.ars
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> Recent:
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> Microsoft and the great netbook price-fixing scam of 2009
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> | Microsoft is colluding with netbook hardware vendors to deny customer
> | choice and protect profits
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Now we're hearing that Microsoft is about to weigh in on the matter. The
> | company already muddied the netbook hardware waters when it set forth
> | its byzantine "maximum hardware requirements" for netbooks running
> | Windows XP Home. And with Windows 7 just around the corner, the company
> | is reportedly preparing an updated set of parameters. In a nutshell, the
> | acceptable netbook screen size is decreasing (from 12.1 inches to 10.2
> | inches), the acceptable storage capacity is increasing (from a 32GB
> | solid-state drive or 160GB hard disk drive to 64GB SSD/250GB HDD), and
> | restrictions on touch and other Windows 7-centric features are being
> | lifted.
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> http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows
microsoft-and-great-netbook-price-fixing-scam-2009-520
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> Related:
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> Microsoft to limit capabilities of cheap laptops
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> | Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home
> | Edition to encourage them to use that OS instead of Linux on ultra
> | low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the PC vendors that make
> | ULPCs must limit screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard drives to 80G
> | bytes, and they cannot offer touch-screen PCs.
> |
> | The program is outlined in confidential documents that Microsoft sent to
> | PC makers last month, and which were obtained by IDG News Service. The
> | goal apparently is to limit the hardware capabilities of ULPCs so that
> | they don't eat into the market for mainstream PCs running Windows Vista,
> | something both Microsoft and the PC vendors would want to avoid.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Microsoft notes that the OSes under consideration for the devices
> | include Windows and Linux. Some PC makers have expressed a preference
> | for Linux because it helps them keep down the cost of the devices.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | By offering Windows XP Home Edition at bargain prices, Microsoft hopes
> | to secure its place in the ULPC market and reduce the use of Linux,
> | according to an official at one PC maker, who asked not to be identified
> | because he was not authorized to discuss the program.
> |
> | "[Low-cost PC makers] have made some good inroads with open-source, and
> | Microsoft wants to put a stop to it," the official said.
> |
> | The official did not seem opposed to the program. It should stimulate
> | more competition between Windows and Linux in the ULPC market, and it
> | could invigorate sales because consumers who want an easy-to-use PC are
> | likely to prefer Windows, the official said.
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> http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=D04AB1F8-17A4-0F78-310F5F4479DEEE86
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> 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
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