[maemo-users] N8xx ponderings

[From: Fernando Cassia]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:19 PM, kenneth marken <kemarken at broadpark.no> wrote:
> Cedric Cellier wrote:
>>> funny then how more and more of the companies are dropping linux...
>>
>> I start to wonder if all these Asus/Acer/etc don't ship a Linux
>> version first to obtain better OEM deal with microsoft later :-)
>>
> would not be the first time, it also made microsoft keep xp alive longer
> (and attempt to make win7 a more lean os, from what i understand it
> works nicely on atom based netbooks).
>
> would not be the first time microsoft bends over backwards to keep linux
> out of a market.

Heard of the Microsoft lawsuit against TomTom? Guess what operating
system TomTom uses in some of its GPS units?
Linux, you bet...

http://www.tomtom.com/page.php?Page=gpl

The real reason for TomTom Microsoft lawsuit
http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1953&blogid=14

FC