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Linux Netbooks: What's the Secret Sauce for Sales?
ostatic.com - 5/19/2009
Linux Netbooks: What's the Secret Sauce for Sales?
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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 ...
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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Video Roundup: New Spins On Linux Netbooks [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — In a post yesterday, I made the point that the best way for Linux netbooks to get increased market share is for manufacturers to deliver products that beat Windows alternatives--with Google's Android operating system showing promise. Today brings a flurry of video-based evidence that there is outside-the-box thinking going on in this area. In addition to a slick new line of netbooks from Dell available with Ubuntu pre-loaded, Gizmodo has a video up of a Dell netbook running the Cupcake version of Android. Here are more ...

Italian Firm Chucks Microsoft for FOSS: Why Don't More Follow? [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Related Blog Posts Video Roundup: New Spins On Linux Netbooks (post comment) OStatic Buffer Overflow... (1 comment) Linux Netbooks: What's the Secret Sauce for Sales? (3 comments) ...

Intel: Netbooks Continue to Cannibalize Notebook Sales [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... The fact that Linux is maintaining a presence on netbooks is good news, and we've delivered our prescription for how it can get increased presence. Even Windows-based netbooks are good news for open source, though. Firefox is pre-loaded on the millions of Windows netbooks that Asus is shipping, and many netbooks come pre-loaded with numerous other open source applications. That means that any more people are gaining experience with good open source applications as soon as they unbox their new computers--undoubtedly a positive trend. ...

Dell to Offer Open Source App Bundles for SMBs [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Related Blog Posts Video Roundup: New Spins On Linux Netbooks (post comment) Linux Netbooks: What's the Secret Sauce for Sales? (4 comments) Mixed Network Enterprises, Unite! Likewise Enterprise Available for SUSE Li... (post comment) ...

Does Open Source Not Get the SMB Market, or Vice-Versa? [OStatic]
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