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2009-08-24 , 19:50
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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
A netbook would have been the logical next device to try GNU/Linux on. After all, whatever return statistics say, we have seen the OS work in this market. It almost created it, even if it falls behind now.
The Atom created the netbook market, not Linux. Linux was in because it was customizable enough to fit into netbook hardware. The same reason why Maemo devices exists, Linux can be made to work on any kind of device, something you can't do with Windows (XP barely fitted in the original netbooks).

You can't really say that the OS that is falling behind is the one that Nokia should bet on their fist release! It makes sense to jump on the winner wagon to create some traction.