electronista.com - 4/20/2009
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Microsoft's determination to wrest control of netbooks from Linux has seen it drop the bulk price of Windows XP for the systems to under $15 per copy, according to a leak from an unnamed source. Although Microsoft has never publicly disclosed its pricing for netbook licenses, the Wall Street ...
online.wsj.com - 4/20/2009
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online.wsj.com —
Microsoft Corp. is taking an unusual approach with
its new Windows 7 operating system: Customers buying many...
of the least-expensive laptops with the software are likely to be limited to running three applications at a time and miss out on other key ...
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Microsoft Gambles on Windows 7 'Starter'
partner.microsoft.com - 4/18/2009
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partner.microsoft.com —
Windows 7 Enterprise is part of the Microsoft
Optimized Desktop, which also includes the Microsoft Desktop Optimization...
Pack (MDOP) suite of management, deployment, and virtualization tools. If your PCs are covered by Software Assurance when Windows 7 ...
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Windows 7
blogs.computerworld.com - 4/20/2009
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blogs.computerworld.com —
We all know that Google Android Netbook devices
will be hitting the streets in the coming months...
. They are going to be running on really inexpensive ARM-based hardware and be getting a nice, easy interface, care of Google. A perfect storm of events ...
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Windows 7 application limit opens door for Android
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TechBlog —
... April 21, 2009 Linkpost | 4.21.2009 • Microsoft asks just $15 for each XP netbook - It's to keep Linux from getting a foothold. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports on ...
Microsoft's upsell strategy for Windows 7: a quicker path to market loss?
Obsessable News Feed —
... . Combined with a tidbit of more recent news about how the software giant has had to drop its Windows XP licenses to a mere $15 a pop for netbooks and a ...
5Words for April 20th, 2009
Technologizer —
... Wow, Oracle will own Java…
Larry Ellison is buying Sun.
Adobe puts Flash on TVs.
The post-Windows era begins.
TiVo to sell user data.
YouTube’s new comment filtering system.
Toshiba’s netbook starts at $600.
iPhone refurbs: a good deal.
Apple leads in customer experience.
A review of iPhone Quickoffice.
Microsoft gets $15 per netbook.
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Microsoft Wrestles Netbook Control From Linux
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... app (such as for Internet Explorer), Acer’s product marketing VP Sumit Agnihotry tells the Journal that it may be a ‘tough sell’ when the app limit is a downgrade from XP. Linux also doesn’t face the same restriction.
If this limitation does happen would you want a netbook with Windows 7? Or would you opt for one with Linux installed?
Comments welcome.
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Microsoft fires another shot at Linux netbooks by extending XP availability
Download Squad —
... Though it will still add a bit to the cost of a system, the amount has been pegged as low as $15. That's a negligible amount and one most consumers will be willing to absorb to have access to an operating system that is far more familiar to most than any Linux distribution. ...
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