The funny part is, the netbook OEM's are now fighting back by producing much cheaper, Arm powered netbooks that MS can't compete on. lol. Take that MS! We'll take your money, but we're gonna stab you in the back first chance we get!
Yeah, we've seen this on a number of Linux netbooks. It's almost like they WANTED Linux to fail. Either that, or they were so bloody clueless about how to build a proper consumer Linux box that they went and totally boned it right out of the gate.
The other possibility is they tried to "Windowize" Linux, which of course destroyed any semblance of a quality user experience right from the word go. Ask MSI. Theirs was the most boned of the lot, and thus died first.