Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
So why not just leave the Linux option be, even if only a
handful of consumers are consuming? Good question and the best answer I
have found would be to simplify stock control issues on the web sales
side of things.
By cutting through the complexity of the stock
control systems, and streamlining the consumer offerings, Lenovo can
concentrate on using the online sales channel as a showcase for its
most popular products.
Indeed, Lenovo spokesman Ray Gorman says
that "We want the focus on Lenovo.com to be those products that
customers are most interested in."
Gorman insists that "our commitment to Linux has not changed" and to be
fair, there is no reason to doubt that. All that has changed is the
focus of that commitment, away from the consumer and onto the business
market.
Not everyone believes the official Lenovo version of events. An
Inquirer reporter
writes "Anyone watching the way the big outfits are squeezing open
source offerings from their products could be forgiven for thinking
something's afoot."
However, suggesting that Microsoft is behind the move is probably a headline grabbing move too far...
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