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cosgroveb on Sept 21, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows 8 OEM specs may block Linux booting

I doubt that investors would be savvy enough to care but it would be a stupid move, nonetheless.

Besides, the server is where Linux matters, not consumer hardware.

catch23 on Sept 21, 2011 [–]

Investors are savvier than you'd think. Even on a rumor that the vendor is doing an exclusive lock-in with MS, I'm sure you'd see the stock price dip. Investors spend all their time looking at news reports in their target industry, so I'm sure they'll notice something as big as this.

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