Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
> The article states "Google is going for Microsoft's financial jugular
> with this move". Erm, no, not really, no. This is aimed at netbooks; why
> would M$ care about that? It's not where they make their money. Perhaps
> it's where they might *like* to make money some day, but currently every
> single netbook I've seen is running Linux anyway. (Unsurprising, given
> that the whole point of a netbook is to be as cheap and nasty as
> possible, and Linux is free...)
>

Perhaps six months ago, I stumbled across one Linux netbook in a Best Buy, and
the sales clerk was telling folks not to get it.  Recently, I've scoured all
the electronics stores in two different cities.  I have not even seen a single
netbook with Linux.

I think KDE4, which ruins user's experience expectations, may have been designed
for ultra-low processor power netbooks, but will probably do more to scare
people away from Linux outright.

Google to the rescue...

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