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Lenovo On the Future of the Netbook
thefickler touts an interview in tech.blorge with Lenovo's Worldwide Competitive Analyst, Matt Kohut, who spoke about his vision of the future of netbooks, which involves Windows 7, bigger screens, built-in 3G, touch integration, and lower prices. Linux fans will be disappointed to hear that Kohut thinks Windows 7 will dominate future generations of netbooks because it offers a better, more familiar solution, with the benefits of touch. Quoting Kohut: "The other challenge has been, in order to keep the price points down, a lot of people thought that Linux would be the savior of all of these netbooks. You know, there were a lot of netbooks loaded with Linux, which saves $50 or $100 or whatever it happens to be, based on Microsoft's pricing and, again, from an industry standpoint, there were a lot of returns because people didn't know what to do with it. Linux, even if you've got a great distribution and you can argue which one is better or not, still requires a lot more hands-on than somebody who is using Windows. So, we've seen overwhelmingly people wanting to stay with Windows because it just makes more sense: you just take it out of the box and it's ready to go."
i've heard this song and dance of 'we just need' on linux for over a decade and every time linux gets what 'we just need' it flops and a new line of excuses comes out. linux just needed a major manufactures support. fail. linux just needed mainstream outlets. fail. linux just needed corporate support. fail.
linux is a wasteland of endless excuses. linux just needs to get out of the way and let the serious developers do the work.
Why do you think it's someone else's responsibility? If you think there's a business in being a linux vendor, start one. Put your money where your whining mouth is.
I'm a Programmer. That's one level above Software Engineer and one level below Engineer.
No, your daughter is a whore. Stop calling a company a 'whore' because they don't bend over backwards for you.
Face it, Linux desktop showed up late to the game and their audience are acting like little kids in a candy shop now.