Sadly the ubuntu+netbook marriage is not going as planned. More than 90% of netbooks (M$ claims 96%) run XP, and its is projected that ubuntu share of the netbook market will slip below 2% by the end of 2010.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't use Ubuntu or netbooks, but the little I've seen of both has left > me feeling that that marriage could really work. And to be honest the first > question that came to mind when I heard of Chrome OS was "well, why not > Ubuntu?" Over at theregister.co.uk (and other more discerning > publications), reactions are are somewhat muted. > > Plus methinks Adobe Flash's is about to be beaten up and its lunch money > taken away by Microsoft's Silverlight. Say what you will about M$, but when > they throw their billions at something, often they do it right. Silverlight > seems to be one such example. Plus where programming languages/environments > (such as Flash, .NET/Silverlight) are concerned, never forget that the first > set of chaps you must sell to are the developers. M$ beats the field hands > down in this department. > > Lets wait and see I guess... > > P. > > > On Jul 10, 2009, at 14:53, Simon Vass wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8141964.stm >> >> "In a blog post announcing some of the hardware partners, Google also said >> it was working with Adobe on the operating system. This could turn out to be >> significant because of the wide use of Adobe's Flash software." >> >> I wonder if they can persuade them to release a copy of >> Photoshop/Dreamweaver/Director too? >> >> Simon Vass >> Technical Manager >> E-Tech Uganda Ltd >> >> http://www.etech.ug >> Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 >> email: [email protected] >> skype: e-techservicedesk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> >> > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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