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When netbooks first came along, they almost all ran Linux. Microsoft, which was stuck with the resource pig known as Windows Vista, simply couldn't compete. So, reluctantly, Microsoft gave Windows XP Home a new lease on life and sold it below cost to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to kill the Linux desktop at the root. For this cost, Microsoft was successful, but now Microsoft is about to blow it by replacing XP Home with Windows 7 Starter Edition, which is crippleware by any other name.
...but the MS addicts will still run Windows. Either they'll pay for it and moan about it, run old copies of XP, or else post some charming comments like those already in the article telling us that Win7 is better than Linux even with only 3 apps going.
Look, I hope Win7 helps Linux gain traction on netbooks again. I hope ARM-based netbooks do as well. I just am frequently amazed by the pigheaded stubbornness of the Windows crowd.
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Look, I hope Win7 helps Linux gain traction on netbooks again. I hope ARM-based netbooks do as well. I just am frequently amazed by the pigheaded stubbornness of the Windows crowd.