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Acer will have a tough time using Chrome OS, Android to offset sliding PC sales
- Danieru 13y agoIf anyone else notices the odd tone I checked the byline which explains it: "Peter Bright / Peter is a Microsoft Contributor at Ars.". I'm too young to remember the era before Microsoft. I grew up thinking computer == windows. That a major Windows OEM is hoping for a saviour in linux distros and that this is not big news is amazing. That a self-proclaimed Microsoftfy's biggest "concern" is profit margin also underlines how far the world has changed. Granted Android and ChromeOS are not the linux distros slashdot hoped would rule. I would take issue with this and yet the freedom to be different is a culmination of the four freedoms. It took a while but open source's fundamental advantages are pulling it ahead bit by bit.
- venomsnake 13y agoWell desperate times require desperate measures. The simple truth is staying with windows is doom for all but 1 vendor that will catch bigger part from a shrinking pie.
- whyenot 13y agoPeter[1] is not a "microsofty" (actually, I'm not quite sure what that is). He's a journalist who covers MS related news for Ars, and he has done so for years. He's highly opinionated, but I wouldn't say he has a strong pro-Microsoft bias anymore (he did in some of his early writing). [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=DrPizza https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=DrPizza
- mtgx 13y agoSounds like someone is upset Acer is "quitting" Microsoft.
- Shorel 13y agoAs long as they start doing Ubuntu Tablets and Phones, it's all fine by me.