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____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Sunday 21 September 2008 13:49 : \____
> On Sep 21, 4:57 am, bbgruff <bbgr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> > ____/ bbgruff on Sunday 21 September 2008 10:20 : \____
>> >> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/17730/18754/toshiba-nb10...
>>
>> >> I was just about to post that link - but well done:-)
>>
>> >> I'd seen the news on the Tosh previously, but no mention of Linux
>> >> That clears it up. Ubuntu LTS version, eh?:-)
>>
>> > Either that or some antique operating system where disconnecting the
>> > keyboard required a reboot (IIRC).
>>
>> Yes - it's a rum do when the best that MS can offer for these devices is a 7
>> year old OS which MS itself has stopped selling, isn't it?
>>
>> Several things strike me wrt this whole "netbook phenomenon":-
>>
>> - MS seems to have been caught with its pants down.
>
> That's my impression, too. This sudden interest in Linux netbooks
> popping up all over the place...you put out one fire (OLPC), and
> suddenly you're surrounded by fires...Meanwhile Mac is eating in from
> the top...Google and Ooo are attacking the sides....thrash this way,
> thrash that, better call out the lawyers, beef up the PR dept, run
> some ads, make more promises...
They've already cried "wolf!" too many times. People whom I speak to just
assume Microsoft is lying or creating vapourware. Just watch the recent
reception of Microsoft's announcement that it would support ODF.
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~~ Best of wishes
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abbreviate?
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