XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: tom_shelton@comcast.invalid   
      
   ZnU submitted this idea :   
   > In article ,   
   >  Chris Ahlstrom  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Look, if you check my ~13 years of posting history (particularly the   
   > years when US v. Microsoft was going on), you'll see I'm quite aware of   
   > Microsoft's history of dirty tricks. But I really think you guys are   
   > seeing a conspiracy where none exists. Most consumers choose Windows   
   > because it's what they know and there are lots of apps for it. Given   
   > that netbooks are nothing but small, inexpensive laptops, and consumers   
   > were already mostly choosing Windows on laptops, why _wouldn't_ they   
   > mostly choose Windows on netbooks once netbooks became powerful enough   
   > to run it?   
      
   They were powerfull enough to run winxp right off the bat.  I know two   
   people that bought one as soon as they came out, took them home, dumped   
   linux and installed xp.  One guy was running vs2008 on it - and it was   
   quite responsive (vs2008 is fairly resource intensive).   
      
   I can only guess that even a fairly large percentage of the devices   
   sold, when they only shipped with linux were converted immediately to   
   windows machines...  In my small sample group - the rate was 100% :)   
   Though, I don't think that neccesarily reflects the market as a whole.   
      
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   Tom Shelton   
      
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