HP with Linux - dropping Microsoft?

[adder1972]

Interesting. HP doesn't like Vista either, and are exploring the possibility of building a mass-market operating system. HP's software would be based on Linux;

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/co ... d=rss_tech


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[Patrick]

HP has been flirting with Linux for a long time. Supposedly they offer Debian support for their enterprise customers. It would be nice if they offered a Linux distro as an install option on their consumer products. That would show a major commitment on their part.

[eddie]

Reminds me of "Force ten from Navarone". Seems like not much is happening and then the dam eventually comes down. Microsoft is going down.

[allix]

HP has been flirting with Linux for a long time. Supposedly they offer Debian support for their enterprise customers. It would be nice if they offered a Linux distro as an install option on their consumer products. That would show a major commitment on their part.

That is very interesting if they do support Debian.

[Tsuroerusu]

HP has been flirting with Linux for a long time. Supposedly they offer Debian support for their enterprise customers. It would be nice if they offered a Linux distro as an install option on their consumer products. That would show a major commitment on their part.

That is very interesting if they do support Debian.

This is not some urban legend, this is widely known, see http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press ... 0814a.html and http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?si ... /14/174218.

As you can see on the sites it's from 2006, so no it's not interesting, Red Hat still dominates the enterprise space!

[allix]

I see, red hat is still the imperialist linux disto then