Myth: The Linux netbook is dying out.
According to ABI, nearly one third of 35 million netbooks will ship in 2009 with some variant of the Linux OS. The exact split is 32% Linux versus 68% Windows so roughly 11 million netbooks released this year will be equipped with Linux. Ubuntu is one of the more popular versions of Linux.
An increasing number of netbooks running on the ARM processor are expected to propel Linux over Windows as the leading processor by 2013. This is expected to be driven by consumers in less-developed countries that buy a Linux netbook as their primary PC.
How will Microsoft react to the increased presence of Linux? Maybe it'll start discounting the price for Windows Embedded CE or Windows Mobile, versions of the OS that are able to run on ARM processors within netbooks. Maybe the company'll do something else. No matter what it does, we'll keep you posted on the story.
Via ComputerWorld.
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