HP's main Linux site:
http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/index.html

HP's market dominating inkjet's and Linux:
http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/

HP and Linux PC clustering:
http://hp-linux.cern.ch/

Linux on HP's RISC processors
http://www.parisc-linux.org/

HP making MS mad in Thailand by selling linux laptops:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110884,00.asp

HP's Linux solution used to make Sinbad (first all Linux movie):
http://www.zdnetindia.com/techzone/linuxcentre/stories/84900.html

"HP supercomputer was announced earlier this year as the world's most
powerful Linux-based supercomputer."
http://www.gridcomputingplanet.com/news/article.php/11171_1431541

<sarcasm>
Yeah, I guess there are no _major_ investments from HP there.  Just fair
weather Linux supporters.  It'll probably pass...
</sarcasm>

Nothing against IBM at all, I'm very grateful for their backing of Linux
too, but just because HP didn't paint Linux graffiti on New York
sidewalks doesn't mean they are just a fair-weather friend of Linux. :P

Bryan

P.S.  Originally I was really just trying to show that Mandrake was not
dead, not defend my employer...


On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 08:07, Michael L Torrie wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 08:58, Bryan Murdock wrote:
> > Makes me proud to work for HP:
> > 
> > "The news marks the first time that an major hardware vendor has made
> > Linux available on a desktop PC in the United States since Dell carried
> > Red Hat Linux on its workstations and servers beginning in 1999."
> 
> I guess that almost makes up for the firing of Bruce Perens.  There's
> always many sides to the story, of course.  I still don't feel that Dell
> nor HP is really a Linux player.  They are both fair-weather friends,
> really, which is to be expected.  You go where you think the money is. 
> Of course IBM is in it for the money too, but they are much more
> committed to Linux now.  They are even dropping their MS Windows-based
> SANS in favor of Linux and other OS -based SAN products.  Anyway, good
> to see more commercial support for Linux, and Mandrake too. 
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> > 
> > http://features.linuxtoday.com/news/2003070202226NWDPHW
> > 
> > Bryan
> > 
> > 
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