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How in the heck did you reach that conclusion?
Somehow I missed how MS will "block" Linux on laptops from the writeup. I assume you're implying that XP is so desirable over Linux that charging less than $30 is a slam dunk. If so, I would agree.

Still, the subject line is a bit out there. You should work for Fox News !!
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How in the heck did you reach that conclusion?  Prognosticator | 05/13/08
Reports from the Field  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
They are out of stock because ...  mwagner@... | 05/13/08
"'make room' for Linux"  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
How many times....  April May | 05/13/08
Fact is that the MacBookPro  jorjitop | 05/14/08
If you're so tired  jacarter3 | 05/15/08
Where do you get deals on Macs?  April May | 05/19/08
You're looking now  jacarter3 | 05/20/08
RE: Where do you get deals on Macs?  devlin_X | 05/31/08
Actually, I think anyone trying to run XP on an EEE PC is certifiable  drprod@... | 05/14/08
This is good?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
Who's fault is that?  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Just the facts, Ma'am  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
There goes that credability!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Correction, that is credibility(nt)  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
No conspiracy theory  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
Well then you should .....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
The major retailer you're talking about is Wal Mart,  mustangj36@... | 05/13/08
Wrong store  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
Best Buy never offered a Linux machine ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Sounds like you got fed a line of c***.  mustangj36@... | 05/13/08
You made it sound like ALL retailers.  Chippolus | 05/13/08
@ mustang36 and Chippolus..If only things were that simple.....  LazLong | 05/13/08
Actually No..  LazLong | 05/13/08
Is this just speculation on your part or do you  mustangj36@... | 05/13/08
I can tell you My Experience.  LazLong | 05/13/08
How does Best Buy's decisions...  April May | 05/13/08
@AprilMay..... Of course it is their decision...  LazLong | 05/13/08
stop making up horror stories  Ole Man | 05/13/08
MS is just making available what more people want.  kwacka | 05/15/08
MS can't block Linux  jhorvatic@... | 05/13/08
Report from the field....  April May | 05/13/08
both for sale, at the same time, one clearly posted as a linux OS  Ole Man | 05/13/08
Message has been deleted.  drprod@... | 05/14/08
Use Linux to Protect Your Freedom  hamobu | 05/13/08
That wooshing sound you just heard .....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Wrong as usual  Chad_z | 05/13/08
You are wrong as usual!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Don't forget...  techboy_z | 05/13/08
Negroponte wants MS's money. He NEEDS  mustangj36@... | 05/13/08
Not what he said at all.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Wow!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Get it RIGHT! Sheesh.  Wolfie2K3 | 05/13/08
With the release of the Intel Classmate ...  mwagner@... | 05/13/08
Is there any evidence that Intel will finally release the Classmate???  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
It will be released. It's already been sold,  mustangj36@... | 05/13/08
The ultra low-cost devices are part of the equation  mystic100 | 05/14/08
Just like the Mafia  reedjjjr | 05/13/08
They don't promote PCs ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Of course they don't!  Ole Man | 05/13/08
I see you're are just as irrational ....  ShadeTree | 05/14/08
Not seeing a train........  Ole Man | 05/14/08
Colorfull but not ....  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
Thank the Heavens!  Ole Man | 05/18/08
You must be suffering from Microsoft myopia  hamobu | 05/13/08
You must have Linux Astigmatism  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
I have a bridge to sell to you  hamobu | 05/13/08
You still don't get it.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Now you are just being obstinate.  hamobu | 05/14/08
"if IBM in the 80's tried to limit..."  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
IBM PC BIOS  Henry Miller | 05/13/08
Actually, I believe they did...  NetArch. | 05/13/08
I didn't say they didn't have to re-write it.  Henry Miller | 05/14/08
They still had to rewrite it.  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
Yes, the assembler-language code was printed in the manual.  Henry Miller | 05/14/08
It was the "LICENSE"  Ole Man | 05/13/08
Linux: Yes - Microsoft: zip  rktompsett | 05/13/08
One never "upgrades" to a Microsoft product. (nt)  Henry Miller | 05/13/08
All ready done that  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
You're such a tool!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
They do when they desperate for adoption  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
Convenient!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Read your Partner agreement  vulpine@... | 05/13/08
These have no marking to indicate  jacarter3 | 05/15/08
Even more relevent is ....  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
RED LETTER DAY!!! Shady is  jacarter3 | 05/19/08
MS, doing what it can to survive.  devlin_X | 05/31/08
"Where would we be today..."  vulpine@... | 05/13/08
If IBM demanded exclusivity...  Wolfie2K3 | 05/13/08
Watch Microsoft backtrack again...  MGP2 | 05/13/08
So?  mwagner@... | 05/13/08
Vista costs to much for these price points, and, would turn a rocket into a  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
I think you missed my point....  MGP2 | 05/13/08
You didn't bring up "Vista Premium-Ready" did you? LOL  devlin_X | 05/31/08
Very good point. MS will have to be continually revising the specs, trying  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
Unless  hamobu | 05/13/08
That is assuming that they can keep other people selling the EeePC with  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  akaltman@... | 05/13/08
No it is the author ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
MS Dictionary: compete = eliminate  kozmcrae | 05/13/08
Really?  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
"MS competes" = oxymoron  vulpine@... | 05/13/08
I almost spit coffee al over my keyboard.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
If you've got a thousand shares  Ole Man | 05/13/08
Not only have you demonstrated a ....  ShadeTree | 05/14/08
The time frame was explicit  Ole Man | 05/14/08
Let me try and ...  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
Now I see  Ole Man | 05/18/08
They come only after Linux shows them up  kingttx | 05/14/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  Quebec-french | 05/13/08
Microsoft Can't block users easily  Starman35 | 05/13/08
well personally i follow usa presidency race  Quebec-french | 05/13/08
And what evidence to you have that Obama ....  mrlinux | 05/13/08
The DoJ already missed that opportunity ...  mwagner@... | 05/13/08
yes you are right  Quebec-french | 05/13/08
If you mean ...  zoroaster | 05/14/08
It won't be the DoJ  Richard Flude | 06/02/08
...  Linux User 147560 | 05/14/08
Block?  Tim Patterson | 05/13/08
To answer your question  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
Not so true..  Tim Patterson | 05/13/08
Good point, MS may want to block Linux, but, they may not have success.  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
Was designed to get clicks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/08
Microsoft is making new customers for Apple (again)  pdavis@... | 05/13/08
off Topic, Nonsensical and wrong!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Not so off topic. Apple Makes the iPhone and iPod Touch, AND OSX would fly  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
Not relevent at all.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Point is that OSX would run VERY well on this level of hardare, Vista, NO.  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
No, the point is it won't ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Very good points, but, we WOULD like to see a release OSX for Eee PC, or  DonnieBoy | 05/13/08
Don't hold your breath!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
How? with an Anti-Virus software wink  n0neXn0ne | 05/13/08
More Check -Out line headlines  Zeddd | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  ceh4702 | 05/13/08
"if you agree not to sell laptops with Linux on them"  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
No such language exists ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
That you know of [nt]  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
Since I work ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
No - for several reasons  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
Let me adress your points!  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Shade, does your OEM also make ULCPCs?  Zogg | 05/15/08
One OEM? How many OEMs are there?  Ole Man | 05/13/08
If you think Microsoft has a different contract ....  ShadeTree | 05/14/08
That's quite a feat  Ole Man | 05/14/08
How about just 2 contracts?  Zogg | 05/15/08
All the contracts no matter which .....  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
I was not the one bragging about reading all Microsoft's contracts  Ole Man | 05/18/08
They used to do that  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
And you know this because?  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
NDA Not Always applicable.  hamobu | 05/13/08
Not divulging the terms of a .....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Wrong.  alaniane@... | 05/13/08
The activity has to be illegal.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
I was replying to your comment  alaniane@... | 05/13/08
Public records  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
Where is the link ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Why would you need a link?  zkiwi | 05/13/08
Another part heard from.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Backed against the wall  Ole Man | 05/13/08
Touchy aren't you...  zkiwi | 05/13/08
re: Another part heard from.  none none | 05/14/08
re: None None  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
re: They used to do that  none none | 05/14/08
Wrong.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  richallcorn | 05/13/08
Ever ran a system with XP on those specs?  neonoid16 | 05/13/08
I've got XP Pro on a system like that  voska1 | 05/13/08
I ran XP Pro for six years on an 866MHz ...  mwagner@... | 05/13/08
the questions is, who you recomend it?  n0neXn0ne | 05/19/08
correction: "would you" (nt)  n0neXn0ne | 05/19/08
I ran Winows 2000 for years on much better systems  jacarter3 | 05/13/08
I run one XP system with a lot less than that  wolf_z | 05/13/08
Questions  Jim.Callahan | 05/13/08
Here are some answers ...  mwagner@... | 05/13/08
you have all the freedom you need  Ole Man | 05/13/08
MS Business model  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  Loverock Davidson | 05/13/08
I can only see this as a good thing.  Ole Man | 05/13/08
And a 1 and a 2  kozmcrae | 05/14/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  Chiatzu | 05/13/08
the headline of this article is VERY misleading  alexinalexandria | 05/13/08
A "vat majority" of businesses ...  mwagner@... | 05/13/08
John, you so smart.... NOT  Narg | 05/13/08
sevenOS : vhat v9 see 9s vhat 9s stored 9n memor9  sevenfon | 05/13/08
So What! These are like old early Pentium IV laptops but with 10" screens  GiveMeGizmos | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  hamobu | 05/13/08
Funny  storm14k | 05/13/08
Titile should be: ASUS calls on Microsoft to SAVE Laptop Project  pcguy777 | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  Ashtonian | 05/13/08
Linux plays DVD's great!  LazLong | 05/13/08
Yes, COMPETITION is GOOD and EVERYONE benefits.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/08
Where are all the posts agreeing that COMPETITION is good  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/08
There's one right beneath yours in case you haven't noticed ...  George Mitchell | 05/13/08
Competition is good.  sysop-dr | 05/16/08
Good for Linux and good for consumers ...  George Mitchell | 05/13/08
Smack on the noggin  Ole Man | 05/13/08
ShadeTree 20 posts on just one page  Chad_z | 05/13/08
You had enough time ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops is working against themselves  irgaloot@... | 05/13/08
They put a squeeze play on themselves.  TripleII | 05/13/08
The requirements for Vista are higher ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Well, agree to disagree.  TripleII | 05/13/08
Then why are Microsoft trotting out restrictions?  zkiwi | 05/13/08
Moronic question.  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
And the License.........  Ole Man | 05/13/08
You should try reading the article.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
You should think.  irgaloot@... | 05/13/08
I did think ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
no...  Brissietex | 05/13/08
The spec matches what these devices ....  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
Microsoft must be so used to limiting "users"  Ole Man | 05/13/08
Actually there used to enabling users.  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
think about it...  Brissietex | 05/14/08
If the UKPCs have higher specs in the ....  ShadeTree | 05/16/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  atari8bit@... | 05/13/08
The answer is no.  ShadeTree | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  zoroaster | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  cymru999 | 05/13/08
You don't want much, do you?  Ole Man | 05/13/08
Linux blocks Linux on laptops  tonymcs@... | 05/13/08
Grabbing at straws!  Ole Man | 05/13/08
RE: Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops  atari8bit@... | 05/14/08

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