“As you might have noticed recently, several large companies
have begun to take an interest in Linux. The Hewlett-Packard
Company is one of these, the first official involvement being their
announcement of Linux support for a line of PC Servers, announced
in late January. Shortly thereafter, though not as a direct
consequence, a group within H-P sponsored what they called “Linux
Day at H-P Labs” which was held on February 9th of this year.
“Interested people gathered from all over the corporation to the
H-P Labs buildings in Palo Alto to hear from Bob Young, of Red Hat,
and from Linus Torvalds himself. Jean Bozman from IDC also spoke,
detailing the tremendous growth that Linux is experiencing.
“The large conference room that was built for groups of 160
people failed to hold a standing-room-only crowd that spilled out
into the hallway…”