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The Truth Behind the Death of Linux On the Netbook
eldavojohn writes "Groklaw brings us news of Microsoft holding the smoking gun in regards to the death of Linux on netbooks. You see, the question of Linux on netbooks in Taiwan was put forth to the Taiwan Trade Authority director, who replied, 'In our association we operate as a consortium, like the open source consortium. They want to promote open source and Linux. But if you begin from the PC you are afraid of Microsoft. They try to go to the smart phone or PDA to start again.' It's simple; fear will keep them in line. PJ points out, 'So next time you hear Microsoft bragging that people prefer their software to Linux on netbooks, you'll know better. If they really believed that, they'd let the market speak, on a level playing field. If I say my horse is faster than yours, and you says yours is faster, and we let our horses race around the track, that establishes the point. But if you shoot my horse, that leaves questions in the air. Is your horse really faster? If so, why shoot my horse?'"
Do you even know what a smoking gun is? When did they start letting the mentally challenged start posting news on this site... oh wait...
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It's not like Microsoft never had a smoking gun on its hand.
I doubt they still threaten OEMs by e-mail. A "It's a nice OEM price you have here. It would be a shame if your competitors got better conditions" dropped over dinner or on a golf course is far less useful for antitrust lawyers.
Still, we can see it's very effective.
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Just because you assert it as the truth does not make it so. I think you should go read some of the Linux support forums for things like sound, video, and wireless issues and then re-evaluate you statement. If Windows doesn't just work, then Linux most certainly doesn't.
flamebait? i guess the truth hurts geeks too.
i wage a holy war against the apostrophe.