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As netbook mania (and sales) took off in 2008, it looked like Linux had a chance to be the netbook OS of choice. That is, until Microsoft brought XP out of retirement just for netbooks to use. Now, most netbooks run Windows , and it's likely to stay that way for a while. Still, there are two companies that might pose a threat to Microsoft in the netbook category: Apple and Google. (link)

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