ZDNet Asia: HP Strives to Ease Open-Source Woes

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"Hewlett-Packard (HP) hopes to break down barriers to open-source software adoption with a new portfolio of hardware, software and services.

"In an interview with ZDNet Asia, Mark Manners, director of open source Linux organization at HP Asia-Pacific, said: 'Businesses aren't just buying open-source technologies. They have hybrid environments, with [commercial] software from SAP and Oracle running on Windows, Linux and Unix systems...'"

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