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No More Linux Eee PCs?

November 14, 2008 By Ade Magnaye

Apparently, Asus is planning to get rid of the Linux option in their Eee PCs, at least in the Philippines, accourding to Liliputing.

[Asus] will only be selling Windows-based Eee PC netbooks in the Philippines from now on. He says the response to Linux in the region has not been positive, so Asus will focus its efforts on Windows machines.

One of the reasons companies like Asus looked to Linux in the first place is because the open source operating system provided a way to help keep the price of low cost ultraportable computers down. But Microsoft is now making discounted Windows XP licenses available to netbook and other “ultra low cost PC” makers. Add to that the fact that Asus is now pumping out millions of netbooks a year, which helps drive down the manufacturing costs per unit, and it’s easier for the company to offer Windows on a $300 or $400 machine than it was a year ago.

Sounds like a plan, but the modder/hacker in me wishes that Asus still keeps the Linux option, though.

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