Linux being treated as a second-class citizen

Linux being treated as a second-class citizen

Posted May 7, 2008 18:29 UTC (Wed) by dwalters (subscriber, #4207)
Parent article: Windows-based EeePC cheaper than Linux one (APCMag)

What's more troubling, in my opinion, than the price difference (which is explained by the larger flash memory size in the Linux version) is this statement:

Adding to the impression that Linux is now the poor cousin, the XP version will be sold through "selected retailers" while the Linux machine will be available through "computer resellers".

It's slightly ambiguous, but what I think Asus is saying here is that the Windows version will be available in some mainstream retail shops, while the Linux version will not (you'll only be able to get it through specialist computer shops).

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