“Intel’s CEO has said that he sees the revolution that is about
to happen around mobile internet devices (MID) such as the Eee PC
and other Atom-based sub-notebooks will be ‘centred round Linux,’
in an interview with Associated Press“Speaking about the level of development in the market Paul
Otellini said that much of the demand in the laptop market was
being driven solely by sub-notebooks: ‘I’ve not seen energy like
this from our customers in a long, long time. Everyone views this
as being sort of hyperexpansive to the existing market…'”