On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 20:46, Michael Torrie wrote: > HP does have a fairly large product line based on Linux. But as the > previous poster mentioned, it is all about marketing.
So IBM's peace, love, linux is really all that has gotten the Linux community so enamored with them? I still see most of their desktops coming with windows pre-installed too. I think HP, IBM, and Dell are always going to be hardware companies and I don't see any of them advertising windows any more than they are advertising Linux to the masses. As far as their desktop systems go, they advertise their hardware with whatever software most customers are demanding. > Also, HP did lose a huge amount of appeal to existing linux geeks when > they dumped Perens (even though I'm sure Perens isn't totally innocent > in his firing). Oh that's why the Linux community is a little bitter about HP. Yeah, that was never explained too well, though I seem to remember he wasn't bitter at all. I kind of get the feeling it was a lot like Linus leaving Transmeta recently. I think a lot has changed about HP's Linux strategies since we picked up Compaq/Tandem/Dec. Interesting to see what will come. > > I love HP printers and Linux, though. Many of their printers (even some > inkjets) support Postscript and PCL, making them truly useful printers, > unlike the winprinters, although HP has better support in Linux for > their winprinters than almost all venders. I work in the inkjet printer division. I've shaken the hand of the Linux driver guy. He was pretty cool to chat with. Busy guy. > > So I do solute HP's efforts. I will watch for their Linux ads on TV Haven't they advertised the Dreamworks + HP = everything is possible on TV (I don't know, I don't watch much)? That might be the best we get for now. Check the link I gave for that story. Those Dreamworks guys apparently all love Linux now. Bryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
