[ale] HP netbooks w/Linux

[Ken Ratliff]

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> Are any of these companies making a profit having Linux as an  
> option?  As an enthusiast, with a business, I'd want Linux on all my  
> products, but the bottom line is "profit and losses."  Don't worry,  
> we'll never die.  There has been some good news about the increase  
> of Linux sales.  Just listen to the guys at Jupiter Broadcasting  
> [dot com] - they rant on about it all the time. :D

I'm sure there are plenty of companies that either make or save money  
by using a linux solution, though I'd suspect it's mostly in the form  
of providing Linux based appliances, or implementation on the backend.  
I'm not sure there's a whole lot of money to be made at the moment in  
*x based user interface products, though I will say that if I were  
setting up my own office for my own business, I'd be using Ubuntu for  
the desktop installs and wouldn't even consider giving Microsoft  
money. The only tricky part is groupware implementation, that's  
something that the open source world is sorely lacking in. If that  
void ever gets filled, it'll be interesting to see how long Microsoft  
stays entrenched in a coprorate environment.

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