CRN: HP Sees Huge Linux Desktop Deals

“Hewlett-Packard is closing custom deals for thousands of
desktop PCs running Linux, which has the company assessing the
possibility of offering factory-loaded Linux systems, an HP
executive said.

“‘We are involved in a number of massive deals for Linux
desktops, and those are the kinds of things that are indicators of
critical mass. So we are really looking at it very hard,’ said Doug
Small, worldwide director of open source and Linux marketing at HP.
‘We are in a massive deal right now for… multi-thousands of units
of a desktop opportunity for Linux. That’s an indicator.’ He
declined to give details about the Linux deals…”

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