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Canonical Confirms MSI's Linux Return Rate Statement
Oct 7, 2008, 21 :05 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (5460 reads)

(Other stories by Thom Holwerda)

"Canonical's marketing manager, Gerry Carr, confirms in an interview that retun rates for netbooks running open source software is indeed higher than that of those running Windows XP. "We don't know what the XP return rates are," Carr states, "But I will say that the return rate is above normal for netbooks that offer open-source operating systems.""

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Just curious if we're changing our t ...   Still an MS-funded survey?   
Cabal
Oct 7, 2008, 23:54:15
 
MSI candidly told us that Linux netbooks ...   Here is one good reason...   
GreyGeek
Oct 8, 2008, 02:23:13
 
 Just curious if we're changing our  ...   Re: Still an MS-funded survey?   
GreyGeek
Oct 8, 2008, 02:32:02
 
> MSI candidly told us that Linux netboo ...   Re: Here is one good reason... Good catch!   
Theodore Kilgore
Oct 8, 2008, 02:49:13
 
> Just curious if we're changing our ...   Re: Still an MS-funded survey?   
blackhole
Oct 8, 2008, 05:38:38
 
The code is not malicious it's just  ...   Re: Here is one good reason... [incorrect]   
error27
Oct 8, 2008, 12:26:56
 
> The reason that people return Linux ne ...   Re: Re: Here is one good reason... [incorrect]   
Rainer Weikusat
Oct 8, 2008, 15:41:33
 
What is the actual return rate and how m ...   So what are the numbers?   
philc
Oct 8, 2008, 15:44:30
 
How can they say that the return rate fo ...   If they don't know the XP return rate...   
Jimmy the Geek
Oct 8, 2008, 19:38:33
 
 The code is not malicious it's just ...   Re: Re: Here is one good reason... [incorrect]   
GreyGeek
Oct 8, 2008, 21:03:07
 
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