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Is not any company "an underdog"
when the competing product is free?
Would not both Boeing and Airbus be "underdogs" if Tupolev were to give their airplanes away for free?

Yes Microsoft (and Apple even) is the underdog here only in terms of cost: Microsoft could offer windows 7 for 25 dollars, yet the "competition" will still cost zero.
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Is not any company "an underdog"  GuidingLight | 01/11/09
I agree  Cayble | 01/11/09
Netbooks = cheaper MS platform for most  Patanjali | 01/11/09
Vista terminology  Christian_<>< | 01/11/09
Ah.. Gee.. Look guys, the troll came up with a "funny"...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/12/09
Actually...  kozmcrae | 01/12/09
Please Wolfie  elderlybloke | 01/16/09
So, the VISTA name actually carries a meaning...  InAction Man | 01/12/09
Remember OLPC? -with XP?  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
I actually believe you have just defined...  Core2uu | 01/12/09
I disagree  none none | 01/11/09
If I had to pay for the privilege of using Linux I gladly would  InAction Man | 01/12/09
Let me see if I have this right.  xuniL_z | 01/12/09
His Point  pj_mouse | 01/12/09
I disagree with some  NoThomas | 01/12/09
I did not say Linux is golden or that windows is worthless for everyone  InAction Man | 01/12/09
I used to routinely pay $$$ for Linux  akulkis | 10/27/09
Makes a change...  SimonUK | 01/12/09
Ritual nature...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/14/09
Greetings xuniL_z  elderlybloke | 01/16/09
Donations are gladly accepted for FOSS projects! (NT)  dayjm | 01/12/09
If I had to pay for the privilege of using Linux I gladly would  scouser73 | 01/12/09
There is a reason for that...  SimonUK | 01/12/09
Actually...  PollyProteus | 01/14/09
Just like money under the table never happens anymore, eh?  Ole Man | 01/14/09
ALWAYS THE SAME ANNOYING DISCUSSIONS AGAIN AND AGAIN!  Thempleton | 01/12/09
Please don't read this nonesense!  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Along those lines.  joe.smetona@... | 01/14/09
A daily list of new apps for Linux  Ole Man | 01/14/09
Linux is FREE only if you ...  mwagner@... | 01/15/09
OEMs provide support for Windows as well...  jasonp@... | 01/18/09
Markets  pjotr123 | 01/11/09
Fessin' the Lesson  DannyO_0x98 | 01/11/09
RE: Windows 7 as Window XP killer?  Randalllind | 01/11/09
Windows 7 might be the worthy successor to XP, though.  nix_hed | 01/14/09
It may succeed even if they don't...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/14/09
Windows Shortcuts  akulkis | 10/28/09
RE: Windows 7 as a Linux Killer?  sybrtec | 01/11/09
Ah but.  Bozzer | 01/11/09
I have payed for several windows licenses and use none  InAction Man | 01/12/09
And how come  timiteh | 01/12/09
Build your own machine and  deaf_e_kate | 01/12/09
That's the OEM's requirement...  PollyProteus | 01/14/09
No, sadly, it's an MS requirement.  TripleII | 01/14/09
Excellent post, It's very Important information.  joe.smetona@... | 01/16/09
Attn Bozzer  elderlybloke | 01/16/09
Which brings up the point that...  Qbt | 01/11/09
Windows is being stuffed down people's throats  InAction Man | 01/12/09
So...  James T. Kirk | 01/12/09
You know the answer ...  MisterMiester | 01/12/09
A trojan horse.  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
Microsoft Open Source...  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
Bill Gates has openly supported Windows piracy  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Wait a sec...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/14/09
You can't even give Linux away?  kozmcrae | 01/12/09
Give Linux away for Free  jns_45K@... | 10/28/09
Change cost money. OS cost is minor $$ of change equations  Patanjali | 01/11/09
Your argument is becoming more and more less and less  Ole Man | 01/12/09
If you're right, Window7 may be a Windows killer  WiredGuy | 01/12/09
PoppyCock  mikefarinha | 01/11/09
Yes, but the exponent now carries a minus sign  InAction Man | 01/12/09
Pray tell..  JT82 | 01/12/09
Market saturation is not the main reason, the new mobile devices are  InAction Man | 01/12/09
You love Linux?  kozmcrae | 01/12/09
I love it.  storm14k | 01/12/09
How could you love it?  bendib | 01/15/09
Here we go again.  storm14k | 01/12/09
You just hit the nail on the head  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Sure sounds easy....  MGP2 | 01/24/09
The reason for your "Flash" frustration.  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
WHAT????  Philip_W | 01/12/09
From the developers...  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
Cockypop!  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Portability  willoughbywill@... | 01/11/09
A cellular radio ...  mwagner@... | 01/15/09
Linux is the kernel (not an OS)...  Christian_<>< | 01/11/09
Actually...  ShadowGIATL | 01/12/09
You're talking about GNU/Linux  InAction Man | 01/12/09
So, you believe all those Linux servers run KDE, Gnome, etc?  InAction Man | 01/12/09
even Wikipedia...  SimonUK | 01/12/09
Linux is a kernel like Windows 7 is a kernel! wink  i2fun@... | 09/07/09
Do yourself a favor...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/12/09
Just because Windows works great for you  InAction Man | 01/12/09
You might want to take a look at that real world along with him....  storm14k | 01/12/09
Agreed. Most people don't even use tabs properly.  T1Oracle | 01/12/09
Meethinks...  SimonUK | 01/12/09
I speak from experience...  Wolfie2K3 | 01/15/09
And work is force over distance, so be sure and  frgough | 10/28/09
of course Linux will win, just like it has on the desktop  eggmanbubbagee@... | 01/11/09
According to the article  AndyCee | 01/11/09
OK, say 30%, my point is this . .  eggmanbubbagee@... | 01/11/09
Will not happen....  linux for me | 01/12/09
Current discussion is  AndyCee | 01/12/09
Keep on dreaming...It's free so you'll love it...nt  transposeIT | 01/17/09
I'm not saying  AndyCee | 01/12/09
notebook/netbook convergence is inevitable  eggmanbubbagee@... | 01/12/09
I think it's somewhat open to...  AndyCee | 01/13/09
yes, sorry if I sounded dogmatic  eggmanbubbagee@... | 01/13/09
Who's BS You Been Smoking? wink  i2fun@... | 09/07/09
Linux didn't make any inroads at all  frgough | 10/28/09
RE: Windows 7 as  JustDoIt | 01/11/09
Why?  Qbt | 01/12/09
Killing the dead...?  Wolfie2K3 | 01/12/09
Who's afraid of the big bad Linux.  kozmcrae | 01/12/09
Yep, there's quite a bit of the "walking dead" nowadays  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Got a Good ROFLMAO at Linux being DEAD! grin  i2fun@... | 09/07/09
And who cares about open source?  JT82 | 01/12/09
Windows on a netbook?  V@... | 01/11/09
Sure, if you are a geek ...  mwagner@... | 01/15/09
Just like usual...  Qbt | 01/12/09
What you DON'T know can't hurt you.....  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Linux is not a factor  General C# | 01/12/09
Mobile phone? Then Linux IS a factor.  storm14k | 01/12/09
Price is a factor  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Amen, Price is Often a Factor  pogson | 01/13/09
I've had the same experience.  joe.smetona@... | 01/15/09
Linux is not a factor only to the short-sighted  pogson | 01/13/09
The ARM netbooks will likely run Linux.  trentreviso | 01/12/09
Does Microsoft even need a Linux Killer ?  timiteh | 01/12/09
You have a point.  storm14k | 01/12/09
Yes and no  Alan Smithie | 01/12/09
That is a good point.  TripleII | 01/12/09
"with the Linux version you get a complete and functional suite"  Ole Man | 01/12/09
Um, perhaps that's because they saw GREATER  frgough | 10/28/09
FOSS Bolshevism is quaint....  Gnutella | 01/12/09
Yep the do move on...  storm14k | 01/12/09
That aint nuthin  Ole Man | 01/12/09
It's not the retail cost of Microsoft OS...  bbneo | 01/12/09
Dosn't Linux need some kind of Market Share before it can be killed?  Breetai | 01/12/09
Dosn't Linux need some kind of Market Share before it can be killed?  putty.master | 01/12/09
Ultimately . . .  dhunter756 | 01/12/09
Non IT people do know...  storm14k | 01/12/09
He's one of those folks....  storm14k | 01/12/09
Why don't you ask Steve Ballmer.  kozmcrae | 01/12/09
The success of Google...  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
Compete with them at what?  storm14k | 01/12/09
You can't kill a product that dosn't exist  Breetai | 01/13/09
We need antitrust laws with some balls...  bbneo | 01/12/09
The monopoly is dead  pogson | 01/13/09
RE: Windows 7 as  rimbaud@... | 01/12/09
You said it all when you said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/09
RE: Windows 7 as  richdave | 01/12/09
It may be more than $50.  TripleII | 01/12/09
Good points.  storm14k | 01/12/09
No one is factoring in AV and Firewall costs...  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
Let's start at the beginning  Alan(UK) | 01/12/09
Just in time, A NYT article to straighten things out.  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
re: Just in time, A NYT article to straighten things out.  none none | 01/12/09
Thousands of distros.  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
So called free market...  wonderbored | 01/12/09
Acer works great with Linux Mint.  joe.smetona@... | 01/12/09
Reject the EULA  TripleII | 01/12/09
RE: Windows 7 as  uno@... | 01/12/09
Hey can I ask a question?  Colfax_Mac | 01/12/09
They don't make a whole lot of money.  terry flores | 01/12/09
Linux information, NYT article.  joe.smetona@... | 01/13/09
Windows 7 as  proton_z | 01/12/09
RE: Windows 7 is no Linux Killer  scouser73 | 01/12/09
RE: Windows 7 as  digitrog | 01/12/09
linux will kill linux  Aussie_Troll | 01/12/09
Yep, they are leaving in droves.  joe.smetona@... | 01/13/09
GNU/Linux is Thriving  pogson | 01/13/09
Toy 1970's OS? WTF!?  bendib | 01/15/09
A 1970's OS  akulkis | 10/28/09
Linux is already dead, what's there to kill? nt  transposeIT | 01/13/09
not dead on netbook  eggmanbubbagee@... | 01/13/09
So you accept that MS is doomed then?  jbroche18 | 01/13/09
Still earning money as a shill I see.  TripleII | 01/13/09
LMAO. Your rhetoric just got even weaker.  TripleII | 01/13/09
RE: Windows 7 as  antalves | 01/13/09
RE: Windows 7 as  notsofast | 01/13/09
RE: Windows 7 as  Invariance | 01/13/09
It's a matter of practicality...  reapur | 01/14/09
An easier way.  joe.smetona@... | 01/14/09
Linux & security  JustDoIt | 01/15/09
Really, have you tried Linux?  joe.smetona@... | 01/16/09
Ok..it's an exaggeration.  akulkis | 10/28/09
You cannot run Windows 100% of the time  Ole Man | 01/14/09
You just didn't try.  akulkis | 10/28/09
RE: Windows 7 as  AdeOghert | 01/14/09
AYE, there's the rub ...  mwagner@... | 01/15/09
Oh really?  akulkis | 10/28/09
RE: Windows 7 as  goldenpirate@... | 01/15/09
Marketing prowess is ...  mwagner@... | 01/15/09
I don't really need or want one  jlongino@... | 01/15/09
Unless Windows 7 becomes open-source  JustDoIt | 01/15/09
RE: Windows 7 as  spo00n | 01/15/09
RE: Windows 7 as  znmeb | 01/16/09
RE: Windows 7 as  payton@... | 01/16/09
ARM as the Windows Killer?  TripleII | 01/16/09
Paying for OS is so... 2007  zaine_ridling | 01/17/09
Burning .ISO CD information  joe.smetona@... | 01/20/09
Here comes Adobe, Apps for Linux happy  joe.smetona@... | 01/20/09
Breaking story, Theft of 100 million credit and debit card accounts.  joe.smetona@... | 01/20/09
RE: Windows 7 as  myother | 01/26/09
At $200 for a Linux netbook, I'm interested  rcuff | 01/29/09
Solid state hard drives.  joe.smetona@... | 01/31/09
Windows 7? Wake me up when it's running on Mobile Everything!  i2fun@... | 03/08/09
RE: Windows 7 as  Stovies | 10/28/09

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