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Posted in GNU/Linux, IRC Logs, Microsoft, OLPC, Windows at 11:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
For a little bit of background, see:
ASUS: Want GNU/Linux (Express Gate)? Buy Windows.Acer in Australia: Dirty Microsoft Tricks Against GNU/LinuxOEM Tactics: Lessons to Learn from BeOS About GNU/LinuxMicrosoft Allegedly Pressures Companies to Stop Selling GNU/LinuxASUS: “Currently, We’re Closely Tied up With Microsoft”
Here is a portion of the IRC conversation that took place some minutes ago (some typos were manually corrected):
kentmaTalking about eee, I’m looking at eee and acer aspire in GuelphDec 21 15:35schestowitzMicrosoft EEEed the EEE tooDec 21 15:35schestowitzNow they push for up-speccingDec 21 15:35schestowitzASUS said they were closely tied up with MicrosoftDec 21 15:36kentmaThere’re EEEs at a local store, but 678 for win XP version, and 778 for linux versionDec 21 15:36schestowitzFirst they put Windows (like with the OLPC), then extend to pull out the ‘Linux;Dec 21 15:36kentmaThat’s Cnd$Dec 21 15:36schestowitzWhy the price difference?Dec 21 15:36kentmaBut there’s an aspire for 378 which looks goodDec 21 15:36schestowitzThat’s the leading one.Dec 21 15:37kentmaI don’t know, the Windows version has a bigger SSD as wellDec 21 15:37kentma80g versus 40gDec 21 15:37kentmaStill, I’m in on my N800 this morning.. With pidgin.Dec 21 15:38kentmaI’m amazed at home much the maemo repository has grown.Dec 21 15:39kentmaThere’re so many apps for the N800 and n810, it’s extraordinaryDec 21 15:39schestowitzWait, but why is the Linux version more expensive?Dec 21 15:40schestowitzIt’s worth investigating because Microsoft is playing dirtyDec 21 15:40schestowitzThis is not exactly new.Dec 21 15:40kentmaI don’t know, and worse, it even has the smaller drive, too.Dec 21 15:40[...]schestowitzSo ASUS may then say that people don’t want Linux.Dec 21 15:40schestowitz[maybe cause it's made more expensive and hobbled]Dec 21 15:41kentmaYou have to pay a premium for the linux version, now. It stinks of corruption.Dec 21 15:41schestowitzMicrosoft pressured ASUS a while ago and if they totally sold out, then it needs to be said.Dec 21 15:41schestowitzThe corruption occurred a while ago.. a form of kickbacks, IMHO.Dec 21 15:42kentmaCertainly, the prices are rising fast for the asus machines, and getting the linux ones is becoming yet more difficult. It might be at the distributor level, though.Dec 21 15:42schestowitzThey raise if for Intel and MicrosoftDec 21 15:43schestowitzWith Linux they targeted low end.Dec 21 15:43schestowitzAs they go upwards with the specs, they punish Linux and pay more to Microsoft’s partner, Intel.Dec 21 15:43[...]kentmaIt’s daft, because the performance of windows on high end machines is not better than linux on low end machines.Dec 21 15:44
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