Even Better: Linux to *Be* on More Desktops than Windows

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Jan 12, 2009 6:55 AM EDT
Linux Developer Network; By Brian Profitt
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With apologies to my boss, a story in today's Wall Street Journal has me thinking that the future of Linux deployment might perhaps be even better than he predicted. The topic [of the article] was netbooks, and how hardware vendors are scrambling to get some new offerings out the factory doors after the very popular Asus Eee PC came out in 2007 and made a big splash in an otherwise bleak electronics market. It's not just updating product lineups with brand-new netbook solution. An alternative is to get existing laptops to behave more like netbooks. If done right, this is a win-win for hardware OEMs, since with just a little modification, they can roll right into the netbook market.

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