Accordind to a recent post on ZDnetasia.com the Android OS backed by Google was unofficially ported to an Asus Eee PC netbook. Recent reports say the Taiwanese manufacturer has set up a team to develop a netbook running on the Linux-based OS.
Calvin Huang, an analyst at Daiwa Securities, told ZDNet Asia in an interview, Android is poised to “kill Microsoft” on several fronts: a big vendor-backed OS will likely provide better hardware support, and open source Android’s license is free.
“Without any strong backup, Linux is just a niche platform. Now with Google’s support, Android has a better chance to win users from Microsoft,” said Huang.
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