Windows XP takes on Linux in the netbook market
The day after the launch of the stylish S101 netbook in Taiwan, I had a brief interview with Jerry Shen, chief executive of Asus. I asked him what proportion of Eee PC netbook sales were Windows XP rather than Linux. Surprisingly, he told me. But he didn't tell me quite enough.
Shen -- who is keen on Linux -- said Asus had hoped sales of Eee PCs would be 50:50 between XP and Linux, but actually they were 60:40 in XP's favour. (I assume that's for this calendar year.) So far, around 4m have been sold, and the target is 5m for this year.
Linux got about 6 months start over XP, including four months this calendar year, so the market has swung XP's way. However, it's impossible to say where it will end up.
I asked several Asus staff about figures for returns, but none thought that more Linux machines were being returned to stores.
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