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From: Subir Pradhanang <subirbp@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 4, 2007 1:15 PM
Subject: [FOSS Nepal] Toshiba Italy mulls pre-loaded Linux notebooks
To: FOSS Nepal <foss-nepal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi all,
Toshiba Italy mulls pre-loaded Linux notebooks
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9644921792.html
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Toshiba's Italian channel sales and marketing operation reportedly is
considering offering pre-loaded Linux in its Tecra, Satellite,
Portege, and Qosmio notebook lines, according to a story published
online last week in the Il Sole newspaper.
Luigi Cattaneo, country manager for Toshiba's Italy Computer Systems
Division, reportedly acknowledged that Hewlett-Packard and Acer own
more than 50 percent of the Italian Windows laptop computer market,
and that one way for his company to move ahead would be to offer
pre-installed Linux as an option, the newspaper reported.
Cattaneo said that in order to make headway in the SMB (small- to
medium-sized business) market, his company would have to market
notebooks in the 500-Euro range, and to do that, a Linux OS would be a
requirement, the newspaper reported.
"The corporation is seriously talking about this, and we are
evaluating attentively the question," Cattaneo was quoted as having
said. "It is a potential business to which we do not want to close the
door."
A Toshiba spokesperson at the U.S. headquarters in Irvine, Calif., did
not have an immediate comment when reached by DesktopLinux.com.
The Il Sole article is available online in Italian, here.
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Cheers,
Subir
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