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ZDNet Asia: HP Strives to Ease Open-Source Woes

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 17, 2006

[ Thanks to Philip Chilles for this
link. ]

“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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