XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
   ZnU wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Not quite, ZnU.  Roughly 30% of people chose Linux netbooks even after   
   Microsoft got into the market.  Microsoft simply quashed them at the   
   vendor choke point.   
      
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