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Can Cellphones Grow Up to Rival PCs? (New York Times)Can Cellphones Grow Up to Rival PCs? (New York Times)
[Press] Posted Feb 19, 2009 19:10 UTC (Thu) by cook
The New York Times analyzes the changing computer landscape. "What about Linux, which many users found hard to use and not compatible with all the programs they want to run? There has not been a substantial incentive for a user to choose Linux before, Mr. Burchers answered. If you say a netbook is almost half the thinness, the battery life is four times, and it costs 100 bucks less, but I have to use Linux, that is an incentive. Linux, he added, is improving. This has been the first generation that is for non-geeks."
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