Chromebooks are freaking out Microsoft in a very big way

Posted by jimlynch on Jul 22, 2014 9:54 AM
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In today's open source roundup: Microsoft hits the panic button about Chromebooks. Plus: Firefox 31 has been released, and how to install additional desktops in Linux.

Wow, you know that Microsoft is really worried when they do something like this. Until recently Microsoft seemed to dismiss Chromebooks as not something they needed to pay much attention to but those days are clearly over. This is a full-blown panic move by a company watching the value of its main franchises slowly dwindle away into irrelevance.

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