Strong Windows XP sales on netbooks could hurt Microsoft’s bottom line

The first netbooks to hit the market in 2007 shipped with Linux. Microsoft wanted in on the action, and began offering low cost Windows XP licenses to netbook makers, and today the vast majority of mini-laptops ships with Windows. And from Microsoft’s standpoint, that’s probably better than watching one of the fastest-growing segments of the [...]

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