Finally

Forum: LinuxTotal Replies: 3
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bigg

Apr 23, 2009
10:30 PM EDT
A journalist comes to realize that Linux is the reason Microsoft is hurting, not Windows XP (apparently this is the only journalist in the world who knows Microsoft sells XP, so saying XP sales are hurting Microsoft makes no sense.)

http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/23/technology/microsoft_earning...

Quoting:The recession has also prompted many consumers to opt for cheaper, scaled-down "netbooks" that perform only basic tasks such as e-mail and accessing the Internet. They typically run a lower-cost version of Windows or an open-source operating system such as Linux.
hkwint

Apr 23, 2009
10:39 PM EDT
Quoting:Microsoft sales fall for first time in 23 years


OK, Negroponte might have failed with the OLPC, but he -unintended - started some other remarkable process I suppose. Interesting how the story goes from kids in poor countries back to stocks at WallStreet.
ColonelPanik

Apr 24, 2009
1:34 PM EDT
It was this web-site and this web-site alone that destroyed m$. All blame falls on Scott, Sander, Hans, Tracyanne, and the other usual suspects.

Lets give them a standing ovation!
Scott_Ruecker

Apr 24, 2009
2:09 PM EDT
Its all my fault? Really? Cooooool!

If by just being the best Linux News site on the planet LXer has actually affected Microsoft's bottom line..I'm impressed..;-)

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