Anti-Linux Propaganda du Jour: Windows Owns 96% Of Netbooks | Linux Today

Anti-Linux Propaganda du Jour: Windows Owns 96% Of Netbooks

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Carla Schroder
Apr 9, 2009

“I know that buying a Windows machine is often the
least-expensive way to get a new computer. But please consider the
long-term view; it might save you a few dollars now, but it
reinforces Microsoft’s lock on the marketplace, which will cost
plenty more over the long-term. Not only in prices, but in variety
and quality. Microsoft depends on lock-in to survive; a genuinely
competitive tech marketplace is what is best for us, and it is
Kryptonite to Redmond.”

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