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Transmeta Needs Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the interesting-speculation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Faced with dwindling sales, it looks like Transmeta needs Microsoft's new tablet PC to survive." Or, if not Microsoft, some company who can spark the long-overdue tablet-computing revolution.

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  1. Ironic, isn't it? by hbmartin · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Isn't it ironic that the company Linus works for needs M$?

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    1. Re:Ironic, isn't it? by Multiple+Sanchez · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Nope.

    2. Re:Ironic, isn't it? by microbob · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Me either.

      Blech.

    3. Re:Ironic, isn't it? by Multiple+Sanchez · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Sorry -- I am a total idiot!! Yeah, that's really ironic, actually. Think about it for a second.

      1. Linus spearheads the creation of a free operating system (linux).
      2. This action, which was originally just a nerdy "can I do it???" kind of a thing, turns out to be a massive political coup, undermining the monopoly of a company (Microsoft) which represents for millions of geeks and intelligent human beings alike the dominance of greed and business over science, art, and intellectual freedom.
      3. Linus' company (he works for transmeta) then needs Microsoft to survive.

      When you think about it, it's really kind of a head-scratcher. I mean, of all the cruel ironies!!

  2. Scary by sheepab · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Linus needs Transmeta, and Transmeta needs Microsoft.....eep! Im scared!

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  3. Tablet PC == Toilet Computing... by Shuh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Being able to surf while sitting on throne is an idea flush with possiblities... now... how to advertize it...