Star Aussies, Americans Lose Out in Lenovo's Linux Netbook Push
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[3]: Comment by satan666
by tomcat on Sun 10th Aug 2008 20:24 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Comment by satan666"
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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.


What does that have to do with the decision by a given vendor (Lenovo) to decide what OS it wants to offer its customers? Anti- trust law is about promoting competition. It isn't about picking winners.

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.


Um, no, wrong. I don't know where you got that idea, but MS is FORBIDDEN to have exclusive OEM contracts under the terms of the anti-trust settlement; in fact, the DOJ has a representative on-site at the Microsoft campus who reviews OEM contracts. So, in fact, there is no "illegal anti-competitive behavior" anymore. Microsoft can't get away with that. Of course, that won't stop people like you from spreading this FUD endlessly.

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