Thread: ASUS leaving Linux...in a bad-taste way
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2009-06-13 , 13:41
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#19
Originally Posted by Cadabena View Post
The first eee was a revolution because of Linux. How could they possibly think this is a good move? Besides the rather beefy cheque I imagine Microsoft has tempted them with... getting scared of the OS market moving away from a monopoly. Damn, I hate Microsoft
EEE was a revolution because it was a dirt cheap laptop (albeit a substandard one). Linux has nothing to do with this. Having said that, ASUS may have handled their switch to Windows a bit more graciously. No need to piss people off in such a spectacular fashion.
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