Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Thu 7th Aug 2008 17:25 UTC, submitted by SBW
Hardware, Embedded Systems It seems Lenovo is being selective in which markets get Linux on its new range of IdeaPad netbooks. "People in most markets Lenovo serves, including Singapore, China and the UK, will be offered the company's new IdeaPad S10 with either Microsoft Windows XP or a Linux OS, but Australian and US computer buyers will only be offered Windows XP according to Lenovo."
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RE[2]: Comment by satan666
by bnolsen on Fri 8th Aug 2008 13:03 UTC in reply to "RE: Comment by satan666"
bnolsen
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This probably would be fine *except* that Microsoft was convicted of anti-trust...abuse of their monopoly position in the US.

That makes things somewhat more complicated. Its unfortunate part of the anti trust settlement didn't include breaking MS's ability to make exclusive OEM agreements which is at the root of their illegal anti competitive behavior.

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