ZaReason’s New Linux Netbook, How to Thrive in a Tough Market

“Q: The idea that a netbook should be little more than a
limited-purpose dumb terminal to connect to Web apps is still
floating around. What’s your take on this, is there a market for
something like this? Or do your customers want an inexpensive,
small notebook that does everything an ordinary notebook does, only
smaller?

“A: From what I can tell, the crowd is splitting — some want
the strongest little powerhouse they can get; some want an elegant
cloud notebook. There is a lot of work being done for both the
muscle machines and the cloud machines and we are paying attention
to both, hoping to supply both. We already have an Ubuntu netbook
with quite a bit of muscle. When someone orders a 500 gig drive,
you know it’s not just a cloud machine. For the cloud, I’m headed
off to Paris tomorrow morning to talk with the JoliCloud
developers. JoliCloud appears to have the most promise at this
point.”

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