ZDNet: Netbook market? What netbook market?

Apr 30, 2009, 19:16 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Con Zymaris)

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"The market has become just another facet of client-side PC sales, and in this market, when given a not-quite-fair-but-better-than-status-quo shot at the title, Linux grabs a quarter of it. This is much better than the 1% of the client-side/desktop market that Linux-detractors would have you believe it has in the wider market, the one completely constrained by Microsoft's monopoly.

"It gives you an idea of how much market share desktop Linux might grab in a truly open, competitive landscape, given the chance."

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