[General] Linux: Linux Netbooks Are Returned 4X More Than Win XP Versions, Says MSI

[Mohammed Al-Essa]

Netbooks were supposed to be this great inroad for Linux development,
but it turns out that the XP side of the netbook business is doing a
lot better in the area of customer satisfaction: MSI today told Laptop
that, according to internal studies, "The return rate is at least four
times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks."

http://gizmodo.com/5058953/linux-netbooks-are-returned-4x-more-than-win-xp-versions-says-msi

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Other News:

Financial exchange joins Linux Foundation

A financial market describing itself as the "world's largest
derivatives exchange" has joined the Linux Foundation. The Chicago
Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been a vocal proponent of Linux since
2003, when it began using the open source OS to improve trade speed
and system reliability, it says.

In the world of financial trading, speed is of the essence. The CME
now says that since it first started using Linux, the operating
system's increasing real-time capabilities have "extended the
fundamental savings of Linux, by enabling more transactions to be made
in a given day."

The CME Group last year handled 2.2 billion contracts worth $1.2
quadrillion, it claims.

http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2205088556.html?kc=rss



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