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Microsoft's Netbook Woes Also Mean Linux Yays ... Right?
Published 1/26/2009 by thegline@optonline.net (Serdar Yegulalp) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
When Microsoft specifically cited netbook PCs as a big reason for their weakening sales, the "L word" didn't get mentioned by name -- but it wasn't difficult to tell this was the flipside of that news tidbit about Linux-equipped netbooks being returned. So what's this mean for Win7 vs. Linux in what is fast becoming the battleground for the new desktop?
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