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Asus and Microsoft Smacking Netbook Linux? And You're Surprised?
Jun 1, 2009, 13 :04 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (5288 reads)

(Other stories by Con Zymaris)

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]

"To Asus, Linux was nothing more than a means to an end; namely, find some mechanism to make a lower-cost, small-form-factor portable PC possible. Microsoft wouldn't come to the party, either on morphing Windows to fit such a small-form-factor device (Microsoft was instead pushing Vista up that Sisyphean hill at the time), nor on price ("What, drop the price on Windows to make a cheap laptop possible? Are you nuts?").

"So, Asus did something clever: they reached for Linux, which they could morph into a viable desktop environment, suitable for something like the original Eee PC, and which would also reduce their product bill-of-materials by a substantial amount, by avoiding the OEM Windows licence fee."

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I bought one of the Asus 700s in early 2 ...   Asus 700 - A heretical view   
James W.
Jun 1, 2009, 14:58:34
 
especially ..."The Asus gameplan has wor ...   Exellent article, excellent conclusions...   
GreyGeek
Jun 1, 2009, 17:47:50
 
Asus also seems to have used their EeePC ...   Asus's other master plan   
littlenoodles
Jun 1, 2009, 18:23:03
 
Asus debuts a new netbook based on Andro ...   Meanwhile...   
Phil
Jun 1, 2009, 19:21:32
 
I posted this just a couple of days ago. ...   As I said before; ASUS *never* liked Linux   
Bernard Swiss
Jun 1, 2009, 22:38:47
 
I will teach the article's author a  ...   The tantrum of a spoiled brat   
JFM
Jun 2, 2009, 09:42:49
 
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