Microsoft Missing Netbook Growth as Linux Wins Sales

I've got one, you probably have one too - they make great portable Internet machines, they boot up in seconds and they often cost less than £200, so of course they are popular, but apparently nobody told Microsoft that people outside of Asia would want a computer the size of an A5 binder that surfs the web and does your email without the rest of the bulk of a computer. Whoops.

Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc., which together account for 90 percent of the netbook market, are using the rival Linux on 30 percent of their netbooks and Microsoft are missing this good wedge of a really up-and-coming laptop market.

[read the full story on bloomberg.com]