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:Is Asus Backsliding on GNU/Linux?
Is Asus Backsliding on GNU/Linux?
Jun 21, 2008, 04 :00 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (7765 reads)

(Other stories by Gary Richmond)

"Businesses are not philanthropists. They are not, intentionally, educators or evangelists for ideologies. However, from time to time their business models just happen to coincide with their more idealistic customers own interests. Asus is one such company.

"When they launched the little EeePC they could scarcely have imagined the extraordinary reaction it would cause. They say that any publicity is good publicity but the reaction to the two pound wonder was almost universally favourable. It was hot. I mean nuclear hot. And it was GNU/Linux..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
We have seen this kind of change before  ...   The reason for the change.   
SM
Jun 21, 2008, 13:12:09
 
You're right that those OEM actions  ...   Re: reason   
Yim
Jun 21, 2008, 20:51:46
 
ASUS has demonstrated a lack of support  ...   Support those who support you.   
Charles Hixson
Jun 22, 2008, 00:44:56
 
> ASUS has demonstrated a lack of suppor ...   Re: Support those who support you.   
blackhole
Jun 22, 2008, 07:14:07
 
I don't know, I agree we need to chi ...   MS's desperate leveraging   
scott_R
Jun 22, 2008, 10:49:00
 
A customer boycott isn't enough to a ...   Re: Re: Support those who support you.   
SM
Jun 22, 2008, 13:10:57
 
I have said this in other forums and I w ...   Microsoft...   
Lager And Crisps
Jun 23, 2008, 13:33:36
 
The DOJ had won both the lawsuit and the ...   Don't forget the subversion of the DOJ   
GreyGeek
Jun 23, 2008, 16:51:40
 
This situation isn't what most think ...   The EEE PC changed, not Linux   
John Morris
Jun 23, 2008, 20:57:19
 
> The DOJ had won both the lawsuit and t ...   Re: Don't forget the subversion of the DOJ   
James E. LaBarre
Jun 24, 2008, 01:50:23
 
 I still wonder if the REAL reason for k ...   Re: Re: Don't forget the subversion of the DOJ   
jp
Jun 24, 2008, 05:46:37
 
> I still wonder if the REAL reason for  ...   Re: Re: Don't forget the subversion of the DOJ   
SM
Jun 24, 2008, 06:13:44
 
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