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

[Mohammed Al-Essa]

Sorry about that, got carried away with the title. Thanks for pointing
it out Majed.


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>   1. Linux: Linux Netbooks Are Returned 4X More Than Win XP
>      Versions, Says MSI (Mohammed Al-Essa)
>   2. Re: Linux: Linux Netbooks Are Returned 4X More Than Win   XP
>      Versions, Says MSI (Majed B.)
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> From: "Mohammed Al-Essa" <alessm at gmail.com>
> Subject: [General] Linux: Linux Netbooks Are Returned 4X More Than Win
>        XP      Versions, Says MSI
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> 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."
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> http://gizmodo.com/5058953/linux-netbooks-are-returned-4x-more-than-win-xp-versions-says-msi
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> The CME Group last year handled 2.2 billion contracts worth $1.2
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> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:22:21 +0300
> From: "Majed B." <majedb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [General] Linux: Linux Netbooks Are Returned 4X More Than
>        Win     XP Versions, Says MSI
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> Mohammad: You focused on the wrong part of the article.
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> This is the reason: "but the main cause of that is Linux. People would
> love to pay $299 or $399 but they don't know what they get until they
> open the box. They start playing around with Linux and start realizing
> that it's not what they are used to."
>
> It is because of mis-advertisement or presentation of the netbook. If
> the retail store had put signs that this contains something other than
> Windows XP (Linux), then people wouldn't have bought it, hence much
> much less returns.
>
> I have a feeling that Microsoft is gonna pull out a study in a month
> or two, referring to MSI's statement (the first part only) and use it
> to say that Linux is a failure. The funny part would be if it used it,
> it would show that Vista was a total rip-off since people are still
> opting for XP...
> --
>       Majed B.
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