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eWeek: Why Wait for Eiger When Linux is Ready Today?

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
May 17, 2005

“Well, well, well. Microsoft has decided to offer a thin desktop
operating system in the United States after all. Could it be that
the Linux desktop, with some help from the low-cost Mac Mini, is
finally making the boys from Redmond sweat?

“Yup.

“Eiger, an anorexic version of Windows XP Pro, is meant for PC
users whose machines are still running Windows 98, ME, NT
Workstation or 2000. …”

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