Techworld: HP Makes Desktop Linux Mainstream
[ Thanks to Robert Penfold for this link.
]
“Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest PC maker, is to begin a
large-scale push for Novell’s SuSE flavour of Linux on desktops,
the company has confirmed.“HP said it will work with Novell on Linux-powered PCs for
businesses that want an alternative to Windows, and only need
access to certain specialised applications. The PCs could be
well-suited for call centres and support centres, for example,
where workers only need database and e-mail software, HP
said…”
Reuters UK: Hewlett-Packard to Launch Linux-Based PCs
Globally
[ Thanks to Elivs for
this link. ]
“‘Does Microsoft like the fact that we do Linux stuff?
Absolutely not. But they understand that we deliver Linux,’ said
Martin Fink, vice president of Linux for Hewlett-Packard.“‘We’ve done some work with Linux in the desktop space before so
for me this is a not a really big thing to do with Microsoft,’ Fink
said…”