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blogs.zdnet.com - 5/19/2009

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Linux Pundit Bill Weinberg has produced two posts this weekend asking why we don’t have Linux laptops, what I would call Netbooks running Linux . His answers are conventional. Microsoft price cuts. Ubuntu looked less than impressive. Maybe it will go from the phone up rather than the ...

linuxpundit.wordpress.com - 5/18/2009

Netbooks: Up from Phones, Not Down from Notebooks

— linuxpundit.wordpress.com — A strategic error made by purveyors of Linux netbooks was to covet the volumes of the global... mobile telephony market while following the business models and channels of the legacy notebook marketplace. (more) Netbooks: Up from Phones, Not Down from Notebooks

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microsoftontheissues.com - 5/18/2009

Different Business Models, Common Concerns

— microsoftontheissues.com — Posted by Horacio Gutierrez Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel On May 14, Microsoft and the... Linux Foundation sent a joint letter to the American Law Institute to express our shared concerns with the group’s draft Principles of the Law ... (more) Different Business Models, Common Concerns

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linux.slashdot.org - 5/18/2009

Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop

— linux.slashdot.org — An anonymous reader writes "Every now and then a new- or old-media journalist tries to explain to... everyone why Linux is not yet ready for the desktop. However all those men who graduated from their engineering universities years ago have only ... (more) Why Linux Is Not Yet Ready For the Desktop

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Linux Netbooks: What's the Secret Sauce for Sales?
OStatic blogs — As noted by Dana Blankenhorn in this post, Linux pundit Bill Weinberg is pondering whether Linux will survive as an OS for netbooks. Many of the early netbooks from Asus were Linux-based, and I saw Asus netbooks running Linux this past weekend at my local Target store, but there are still a lot of questions about whether there will be much of a forward-going market for Linux netbooks. Blankenhorn makes the point that the sales channel is a problem: "I tried out some Linux laptops last year and, while there were some glitches they held promise. But when it ...

Linux Netbooks: What's the Secret Sauce for Sales? [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — As noted by Dana Blankenhorn in this post, Linux pundit Bill Weinberg is pondering whether Linux will survive as an OS for netbooks. Many of the early netbooks from Asus were Linux-based, and I saw Asus netbooks running Linux this past weekend at my local Target store, but there are still a lot of questions about whether there will be much of a forward-going market for Linux netbooks. Blankenhorn makes the point that the sales channel is a problem: "I tried out some Linux laptops last year and, while there were some glitches they ...

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