>Does anyone remember netbooks? How they used to have Linux? That was when Linux had a real chance.
>If you don't think Microsoft is directly responsible for this, you are an absolute idiot.
What about netbooks? Vista was too bloated to run on netbooks, so MS noticed they were selling well and sold XP for a low price to OEMs, and consumers preferred XP to Linux in droves and thus Linux on netbooks died. So MS is as directly responsible for this as is Starbucks for killing my local coffee shop or OS X is responsible for taking away many Linux users.
>Why would anyone invest a cent in a WM if you can't distribute Linux installed on a laptop?
Why on earth would Microsoft care about System76? They pose no threat; nobody cares.
Secondly, about Dell, that doesn't mean anything. Dell doesn't care about Linux for consumer laptops, they are probably just making a threat to force Microsoft to give them more lenient pricing for the massive # of licenses they buy. I mean, it's coming out on the top of the line XPS series, so who cares? The problem happens when the <$600 laptops start using Linux, because those sell like hotcakes and Microsoft will die before giving up that market
What about netbooks? Vista was too bloated to run on netbooks, so MS noticed they were selling well and sold XP for a low price to OEMs, and consumers preferred XP to Linux in droves and thus Linux on netbooks died. So MS is as directly responsible for this as is Starbucks for killing my local coffee shop or OS X is responsible for taking away many Linux users.
>Why would anyone invest a cent in a WM if you can't distribute Linux installed on a laptop?
Stop making up BS.
http://www.system76.com http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/dell-xps-13-ultrabook-with-ubun...
They're not paying MS anything. How is MS responsible for people not wanting Linux machines?
Who is the absolute idiot now?