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market. They need to have Linux drivers so that device manufactures that use Linux do not have any obstacles. Also the coming Android tablets, they want a piece of the action, and they need again to eliminate obstacles.

The Linux desktop / laptop market is really secondary, but, nothing to sneeze at either. There are a lot of us that wipe Windows and install Linux, or dual boot, and we do not buy systems with Broadcom chips.

Finally, let us not forget ChromeOS. Broadcom does not want to be excluded from that either.
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