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Posted in Dell, GNU/Linux, HP, Microsoft, Red Hat, Vista 7, Windows at 1:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
“Where are we on this Jihad?”
–Bill Gates
Summary: “Red Hat’s Adam Williamson discusses the troubling epidemic of Vista 7 Crippleware Edition taking hold of netbooks,” as our reader Ryan put it last night
LAST night we had a long discussion (warning: 1 MB page) about this new post written by Adam from Fedora. As he put it, “Only Dell of the major-tier manufacturers has shipped netbooks with Ubuntu pre-installed; the other major tier vendor we’ve discussed, HP, ships/shipped SUSE). But really, what I’m interested in with this post is the question of how Linux is doing.”
=> ↺ a long discussion | ↺ this new post
In order to understand what Microsoft has done in the area of sub-notebooks, people must first look at confirmed stories where Microsoft was coercing OEMs, dumping, and allegedly sometimes bribing and using Intel-type tactics to exclude GNU/Linux. We covered the subject in posts such as:
Russia’s Antimonopoly Service Targets ASUS, Toshiba, H-P, Samsung and Dell for Potentially Colluding with MicrosoftASUS Enters the Slog BusinessMore Suspicious Moves from ASUSIt’s Unofficial: Microsoft Pays ASUS (Kickbacks) to Block GNU/Linux. Will EU Commission Step in?ASUS: “Currently, We’re Closely Tied up With Microsoft”What is Going on with ASUS and GNU/Linux?ASUS Profits Fall 94% After Getting “Closely Tied Up with Microsoft” at the Expense of GNU/LinuxMicrosoft Embracing, Extending, and Extinguishing Sub-notebooksDoes Microsoft Blackmail Sub-notebooks Vendors?What Microsoft’s Anti-Linux Taskforce in Wal-Mart Teaches Us About Sub-notebooks
Those who ignore the history of sub-notebooks will fail to understand the present. Microsoft still abuses its position (a monopoly). █
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