Why Microsoft won round one of netbook wars Publication: ZDNet Date: Apr 14 2009 Free is not the lowest possible price. If you want to get sell-through at retail, you have to support the product with collateral materials, with ads, with sales training and support. Ubuntu, as a company, is not scaled to do this. Microsoft, on the other hand, has already delivered this, for years. Thus the few Netbook units on display run what is now, essentially, the “free” version of Windows, XP Home. Once you get into a true laptop, you’re still stuck with Vista. Read comments Read full article Read full article in new window See other articles published by ZDNet Today's headlines Headlines for Apr 14, 2009   Comments Subject Posted by Date Why Microsoft won round one of netbook wars BaronJ 15 Apr, 08:34 [ all comments ]
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