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: 'It's 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. HP's niche Mini note runs SLED 10 Linux. The iPhone, of course, doesn't run Microsoft software. Is anyone paying attention in Redmond?'"

2008 is the year

[lyml]

See, I told you soo; 2008 is the year of linux on the desktop. For real this time.

Re:Stop the mind control

[TheDarkener]

Maybe a new name would be best?

How about "Tux & Friends" ? :p

Re:If ya think about it..

[TheDarkener]

I'm referring to those who want to do the basics - e-mail, WWW, maybe some light word processing - on the go.

Does that clarify, Daddy? =p

P.S. lolsauce on the age factor remarks. How petty of someone to assume that people of a certain age group all think a certain way.

Re:If ya think about it..

[Locklin]

Funny, I write graphics accelerated visuo-motor psychology experiments and collect data using Python, do data analysis in R, and write papers/presentations in LaTeX, all using less of a computer than those netbooks (when I don't feel like being chained to my workstation).

Maybe you are the one who needs to *grow up* and get over the *clickety clickety* toy software.

see how fun pointless insults are?

Oh yeah, get off my lawn!

Re:ASUS Eee PC

[VENONA]

...then you are murdered.

Re:Stop the mind control

[DittoBox]

Lets apply that logic to, say, other operating systems:

- Mhac Oh Ess Ecks
- Wendoze Mee
- BeOhss
- Windows Ultimate Venti Burrito Triple Shot FTW!!!110#cough

Re:Stop the mind control

[Provocateur]

GNU/Linux is the new term to use over a bad breakup. Instead of the tired ol'

I faked every one of them!

you can say

And it's GNU/Linux!

then you storm out and slam the door. Can be used with soon-to-be ex-girlfriends and/or soon-to-be ex-bosses. Can be preceded with the phrase "And another thing:", which is more effective when spoken quite emphatically.

People in Redmond WA are paying attention

[WillAffleckUW]

Why do you think the Gates Foundation has sold so much Microsoft stock?

Re:Stop the mind control

[nawcom]

It reminds me of when I was a young little shit-ling arguing over whether that megaman X game was "megaman ten" or "megaman-ex". Then megaman X-2 came out. That's when I decided that I will set afire every marketing co-worker I meet.

Re:ASUS Eee PC

[Anonymous Coward]

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you start quoting Gandhi to feel better about yourself."

anyone paying attention in Redmond you ask?

[way2trivial]

Yeah-- These guys
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=office+chairs+in+redmond,+wa&ie=UTF8&z=12 [google.com]

Re:Celebration a bit premature?

[snl2587]

I was GOING to complain about snl2587's unique combination of "zero content post" plus "score of insightful,"

Save your personal attacks: I'm not the moderator, and the post was never intended for an "insightful". At all. I had just spent seven hours doing full Windows re-installs on a server pool so, frankly, I was a little anti-Microsoft.

Re:ASUS Eee PC

[YeeHaW_Jelte]

Really usefull, a poll on a Linux biased site asking their visitors what they're running on their eeePC.

Re:Ubuntu

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't have a mouth, lips or lungs.

Just import them.