Windows 7 will kill Linux on netbooks -- NOT!!

[Evan Leibovitch]

To anyone who was bothered by the ZD story "Windows kicks Linux to the 
curb", (http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=379) suggesting that the 
arrival of Windows 7 would close the window of opportunity for Linux on 
desktops -- and specifically netbooks...

I have sources that suggest that MS will want netbook vendors to pay 50% 
more for Windows 7 per system than they now pay for XP. And in return, 
they'll get a crippled version of Windows 7 that will only be able to 
run three programs simultaneously:
http://www.liliputing.com/2009/02/microsoft-to-offer-crippled-version-of-windows-7-for-netbooks.html

In other words, Microsoft may be playing its own part to keep Linux very 
much alive on netbooks.

- Evan

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