LWN.net Logo

Microsoft threats killed the Linux netbook, not a lack of quality

Microsoft threats killed the Linux netbook, not a lack of quality

Posted Sep 24, 2009 14:10 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
In reply to: Microsoft threats killed the Linux netbook, not a lack of quality by tajyrink
Parent article: LinuxCon: Some advice from Uncle Dirk

Except now that they've killed Linux on the netbook, they've jacked up the prices for Windows 7 "Starter" (ugh) http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/06/microsoft-c...

ARM netbooks and places like System76 continue to be our friends. Maybe we can yet keep this genie out of the bottle.


(Log in to post comments)

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds