Death knell heard for Microsoft and really all proprietary efforts


	Death knell heard for Microsoft and really all proprietary efforts

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7-2-2009 3:20 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f09cdb9c-40b7-445c-8cb1-3f2ba326e55e/1176FC87-D100-4948-B090-94F0028CEA85/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/opinion-death-knell-heard-for-microsoft-and-really-all-proprietary-efforts-20090626/" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/opinion-death-knell-heard-for-microsoft-and-really-all-proprietary-efforts-20090626/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.geek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/opinion-death-knell-heard-for-microsoft-and-really-all-proprietary-efforts-20090626/"><H1>Opinion: Death knell heard for Microsoft and really all proprietary efforts</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/opinion-death-knell-heard-for-microsoft-and-really-all-proprietary-efforts-20090626/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.geek.com/img/49DB3B5F-E0F3-4DDB-9DC8-A5E1B1B3C7E5" alt="death_knell" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/opinion-death-knell-heard-for-microsoft-and-really-all-proprietary-efforts-20090626/"><P>Imagine that $299 netbook today costing $50 less just because it comes with Linux. The reality is that $299 netbook might instead cost $274, with the extra $25 being put into the vendor’s pocket per sale, instead of Microsoft’s pocket. And therein lies the current draw away from Microsoft-based products.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/opinion-death-knell-heard-for-microsoft-and-really-all-proprietary-efforts-20090626/"><P>I still believe the future will be ARM-based ultimately, but I think Intel’s intrusion into those roadmaps may push it out a bit.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/opinio-microsoft-still-harming-netbook-markets-20090422/" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/opinio-microsoft-still-harming-netbook-markets-20090422/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.geek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/opinio-microsoft-still-harming-netbook-markets-20090422/"><H1>Opinion: Microsoft still harming netbook markets</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/opinio-microsoft-still-harming-netbook-markets-20090422/"><P>It’s these “implied contracts” between Microsoft and the OEMs which limit the hardware abilities you and I see in netbooks. 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