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   From: znu@fake.invalid   
      
   In article <1lkov7-kdf.ln1@sky.matrix>, Homer    
   wrote:   
      
   > Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:   
   > > ZnU wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
   >   
   > >> The reason that approach worked with netbooks is because netbooks   
   > >> really were just small, cheap laptops. Once they got a little more   
   > >> powerful (which was just a natural consequence of technological   
   > >> development)   
   >   
   > Rubbish. It was a consequence of being pressured to support Microsoft's   
   > bloatware.   
      
   This makes no sense. Had consumers not wanted netbooks with Windows,   
   they simply wouldn't have bought them. Netbook hardware got more   
   powerful to accommodate Windows because consumers wanted Windows   
   netbooks, as a consequence of netbooks being similar enough to laptops   
   that Microsoft's advantages in the traditional desktop OS market were   
   relevant in the netbook market.   
      
   [snip]   
      
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   anyone who is entirely exempt from the gambling instinct; whilst he who has it   
   must pay to this propensity the appropriate toll." -- John Maynard Keynes   
      
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