• OEMs Looking to Ubuntu for Netbook Market


    Anon writes "Mark Shuttleworth provides much more detail today about development of the Ubuntu netbook platform, and says OEMs are calling Canonical when they want to start building netbooks. Channelweb notes: Its actually a big deal. For example, Dell CEO Michael Dell has been carrying around an early version of a Dell mini-notebook, and referring to it as the device for the next billion Internet users [...] Asus has become an industry rock star by using GNU Linux to power its Eee PC. HPs niche Mini note runs SLED 10 Linux. The iPhone, of course, doesnt run Microsoft software. Is anyone paying attention in Redmond?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

    Published : 2008-06-11 Read more

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