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Current Newswire: Will secret copyright treaty restrict your digital rights? Saving the "Best" for Last - Fedora 12 (Constantine) LinuxCertified Announces its next Linux System and Network Administration BootCamp The Problem With The Linux Community Vim 101: A Beginner's Guide to Vim Open Source Science: A Revolution From Within openSUSE 11.2-- Incremental Updates, Plenty of Polish Microsoft, other rivals slam Google Chrome OS Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12 Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud" Virtualization Architect The Computer Merchant, Ltd US-MA-Chelsea Post A Job | Post A Resume The Linux Window of Opportunity Has Closed, Maybe for Good Apr 10, 2008, 00 :00 UTC (22 Talkback[s]) (10007 reads) (Other stories by Mark Spoonauer) "A few months ago Linux was flying high, powering one of the most popular notebooks on the planet in the Asus Eee PC. Then rumors starting circulating that a Windows XP version was on the way. And what did Best Buy wind up taking? The XP Edition, and at the same rock-bottom $399 price. The Penguin reaches for the noose... "Meanwhile, Wal-Mart pulled the mildly hyped gOS-powered gPC from its brick-and-mortar superstores and decided to go online-only for the half-baked CloudBook. And during HP’s recent media tour for the HP Mini-Note PC, the company glossed over the lower-cost SuSE Linux version. Why wouldn’t they when the Vista Basic version costs only $100 more and comes with a much bigger hard drive...?" Complete Story Related Stories: XP Home Lives, and So Does Linux, on UMPCs(Apr 04, 2008) Linux and Philosophy(Mar 23, 2008) Why Small is Beautiful(Mar 21, 2008) Waiting on the HP Linux Desktop(Mar 21, 2008) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Windows Forever!!!    Dale Pontius Apr 10, 2008, 01:53:46     Bob "misinformation" Enderle.....    Waynesworld Apr 10, 2008, 03:15:43     One more Winfan heard from    YetAnotherBob Apr 10, 2008, 03:53:14     Linux Will Never Die....It Isn't too late!    D.M. Wells Apr 10, 2008, 03:53:30     Cost advantage    Yim Apr 10, 2008, 07:54:03     ARM (RISC)    linux23dragon Apr 10, 2008, 08:32:53     Re: Linux Will Never Die....It Isn't too late!    Linux is FANTASTIC Apr 10, 2008, 12:45:10     Re: Linux Will Never Die....It Isn't too late!    blackhole Apr 10, 2008, 13:17:16     Re: ARM (RISC)    Bob_Robertson Apr 10, 2008, 13:23:08     Perhaps this guy should read Gartner    paul Apr 10, 2008, 15:35:14     A measure of success.    Rainer Weikusat Apr 10, 2008, 16:20:21     Re: Perhaps this guy should read Gartner    Brian Proffitt Apr 10, 2008, 17:31:11     Re: Perhaps this guy should read Gartner    Frank Earl (aka Svartalf) Apr 10, 2008, 18:02:53     Re: Re: Perhaps this guy should read Gartner    Frank Earl (aka Svartalf) Apr 10, 2008, 18:12:44     Re: Windows Forever!!!    James E LaBarre Apr 10, 2008, 18:47:19     Re: ARM (RISC)    James E LaBarre Apr 10, 2008, 18:51:45     RE: ARM (RISC)    judecn Apr 10, 2008, 20:47:00     Re:Re: ARM (RISK)    Yim Apr 11, 2008, 06:40:44     Re:Re:Re: ARM (RISC)    Yim Apr 11, 2008, 07:35:47     Re: Re: Re: Re: ARM (RISC)    judecn Apr 12, 2008, 02:53:27     And why did ASUS launch Eee PC?    Joe Almeida Apr 15, 2008, 17:45:37     (Yawn)    blackbelt_jones Apr 17, 2008, 14:39:02     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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