| Microsoft's Newest Challenger: Moore's Law [Business 2.0] |
Aug. 29, 2002
PC prices are falling below the cost of a single copy of Microsoft Office software -- and a new market is emerging. 'White box' computers offer low-cost Linux-based desktop software reports Eric Hellweg for Business 2.0 . . .
" . . . This has some PC manufacturers jumping into a different market altogether: the low cost corporate computer. IDC reports that sales of 'white boxes', or generic low-cost PCs -- equipped with less than state-of-the-art components and processors -- now make up roughly 30 percent of the overall PC market. Companies such as Microtel have been selling white boxes for years, but last week Dell announced that it, too, would begin selling two lines of ultra-cheap PCs."
" . . . other non-Microsoft markets could open up, including Linux versions of desktop productivity software. Companies such as Lindows, Mandrake,and CodeWeavers have Microsoft-compatible software out now, but they're struggling to find a market . . . "
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