Microsoft U-turn to stop Linux dominating ultra low cost PCs

Computerworld UK -

Microsoft plans to offer PC makers steep discounts on Windows XP Home Edition to encourage them to use it instead of Linux on ultra low-cost PCs (ULPCs). To be eligible, however, the ULPCs must have a max screen size of 10.2" (no touch screens allowed) and max of 80 GB hard drives.

The restriction is to ensure that ULPCs don't eat into the market for mainstream PCs running Windows Vista, something both Microsoft and the PC vendors would want to avoid.

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