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CNET News.com: HP support of Linux changes landscape

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Stephen Shankland
Apr 20, 1999

“HP says it will beat IBM out the Linux support gate, offering
technical support for Linux users worldwide by May 3, and in the
process start to put financial pressure on the companies that
helped launch the Linux revolution….”

“HP’s move puts pressure not only on IBM, which is putting
together its own Linux support program, but also Red Hat, Pacific
HiTech, SuSE, LinuxCare, and other early champions of Linux…”

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