Zemlin to Linux OEMs: Yer Doing it Wrong

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 11, 2009 2:09 AM EDT
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Yes, it's apparently another netbook today on OSNews. Netbooks were supposed to become the major foot in the door, but as soon as Microsoft got off its fat bum and started offering Windows XP to netbook OEMs, the popularity among OEMs of Linux has dwindled; when the netbook surge started, Linux was the operating system of choice among OEMs, but now, the Windows version comes first, and the Linux version later - if at all. Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin basically tells OEMs: "Yer doing it wrong".

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He's pretty much spot on about one thing... caitlyn 6 785 Mar 11, 2009 6:22 PM

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