[Discuss] Asus reports Eee PC most successful product ever

[Patrick]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:36:34 -0800
Adam Parkin wrote:

> http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/01/07/asus-says-eee-pc-is-most-successful-product-ever/
> 
> Quite a statement given how long Asus has been around (and how 
> successful they've been in the past).

Yeah, I'm impressed.  :-)  Not my *favourite* system, but I like
it and I'm glad it worked out for them.

> 
> Very nice to see, even as a longtime Windows user myself, I very much 
> want to see Linux succeed in the marketplace.

Well that could help Windows users too.  If they had more
competition, Microsoft might be forced to make more improvements
to their product.  Kind of hard to buy-out a competitor that's
not for sale, as well.

I think Linux and free software have been a success, partly
because the usual dirty tricks don't work on it.  It's not a
company, and can't be driven into bankruptcy.  [Not MS-bashing,
just a comment.  And I do think they'll do better, if they have
to try a little harder.]



Patrick.

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