Will Microsoft blow its netbook lead with Windows 7 crippleware?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 1, 2009 12:13 AM EDT
Computerworld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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When netbooks first came along, they almost all ran Linux. Microsoft, which was stuck with the resource pig known as Windows Vista, simply couldn't compete. So, reluctantly, Microsoft gave Windows XP Home a new lease on life and sold it below cost to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to kill the Linux desktop at the root. For this cost, Microsoft was successful, but now Microsoft is about to blow it by replacing XP Home with Windows 7 Starter Edition, which is crippleware by any other name.

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I hate to say it... caitlyn 0 535 May 1, 2009 12:40 PM

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