Will Microsoft Surrender the Netbook Market to Linux?

    Netbooks are not a craze. In 2008, pc sales is boosted by sales of netbooks. Netbooks are small sized laptops, with less computing power and therefore are limited to email and browsing. But remember the adage: Make a machine that does one thing well.

    Microsoft has a problem with Windows 7. They can only install a crippled version of Windows 7 on these underpowered laptops. Once consumers learn that the netbook version of Windows 7 is not like the full version of Windows 7 for desktops, they'll raise hell.

    Microsoft will do the one thing it does well-marketing. Sell you the deal. Perhaps give you discounts. It will have no choice but to lower prices for Windows 7.

    Linux, on the other hand, is perfect for old computers and limited capacity machines. Linux runs on thin client machines. All supercomputers in the world are run by Linux, well maybe 99%. Linux has proven its scalability.

    Linux is free and open source. It will not impact vendors if they deploy Linux pre-installed with their machines.

    The last time I check the numbers are 38% Linux and 62% Windows on netbooks. This figure is based on US sales only.

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