Could the eeePC End Up Being Microsoft's Trojan Horse? | Linux Today

Could the eeePC End Up Being Microsoft’s Trojan Horse?

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Sam Varghese
Jun 4, 2008

“It is rarely that one finds a hardware device, or for that
matter a software package, about which it is extremely difficult to
find a negative word. The eeePC fits neatly into this bracket.

“Right from the time the 7-inch model made its debut, there have
been any number of positive reviews. With the emergence of the
9-inch model, the praise has grown even louder with the Linux
fanatics among the crowd of yea-sayers seeing the device as the one
that finally gives the operating system a chance to gain its
comeuppance against Microsoft…”

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