[Nottingham] Microsoft gains 96% Netbook market share from near zero in just 6 months!

[Roger Light]

Hi,

> Microsoft Boasts 96% Netbook Penetration
> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/06/2228220&from=rss
> 
> Microsoft: 96% Of Netbooks Run Windows
> 
> Gains in PC market's hottest category come at the expense of Linux, 
> Redmond says.

Well I guess that if you start out with a small market and ensure
that the majority of the models on sale come with Windows, it's
probably not that hard to get to 96% market share.

On a slightly different note, have you seen that the newer EEEs that
have flash drives come with a certain amount of "EEE storage", which
is an online backup. The EEE 1000 comes with 60GB. Having just
checked, it's only free for the first 18 months (with a possible 6
month extension) and I can't see what happens after then, but it's
still an interesting idea.

Cheers,

Roger