Progress toward Linux on the desktop
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| Is Linux on the desktop in your future? Momentum in the enterprise is
| slowly building for "the march of the penguin." (Please forgive me...I
| love puns!)
|
| [...]
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| Last month, HP revealed that it is involved in "a number of massive
| deals for Linux desktops" and called such deals "an indicator of
| critical mass." This is according to Doug Small, the worldwide
| director of open source and Linux marketing at HP. Small cited a
| potential sale that could put thousands of Linux-based HP desktops
| into an enterprise organization.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/newsletters/techexec/2007/0416techexec1.html
Prepare for GNU/Linux action from H-P. It might not be just Dell.
Related:
Q&A: HP exec says Linux Foundation wants to push OS toward common ground
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| You didn't hear much about it in North America, but over the last six
| months or so, I'm personally hearing a lot more interest in Linux on the
| desktop. It's definitely a focus for the foundation. I think it's an area
| that is kind of a "watch this space" for the next couple [of] years.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9016294&source=rss_news10
http://tinyurl.com/ysjlye
Orbiting Debian: Interview with Bdale Garbee
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| It's a really exciting time to be in this industry. With the kinds
| of phenomenal growth rates we're seeing, Linux and the whole of open
| source is one of the brighter stars in the IT sky right now.
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http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/108
Big Debian Linux Payday For HP
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| In fiscal 2006, $25 million in hardware sales in EMEA (Europe,
| Middle East and Africa) were directly related to HP's Debian
| support.
|
| "I was pretty shocked when I found out about this," Jeffrey
| Wade, worldwide marketing manager of open source and Linux at
| HP, told internetnews.com.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3661481
More Hope for the Linux Desktop
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| Far from being uninterested in the Linux desktop, these companies
| all had active assessment programs going on to evaluate it. Driving
| their interest is the cost of doing business with Windows -- not so
| much the licensing fee, but the ongoing need for care and feeding
| of Windows-based machines. While it's easy to see stories about the
| cost of keeping machines virus-free, rebuilt after users install
| malware, etc., it's quite another thing to hear people describe the
| level of effort they absorb just to keep Windows up and running for
| a large user population. From the tone of their voices, they are
| extremely motivated to reduce the support burden of Windows.
|
| [...]
|
| Based on my take regarding the Council's interest in the Linux desktop, I
| would say that these organizations are diligently seeking a desktop
| solution beyond the Microsoft nightmare of purchase, patch, and upgrade.
| When your wealthiest clients are actively looking to stop using your
| solution, you should be worried. I guess there's more potential for the
| Linux desktop than might, at first blush, appear.
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http://blogs.cio.com/node/759
HP considering factory-loaded Linux desktops and notebooks
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| Management at HP has commented on the situation, saying they are
| considering offering standard systems with a preloaded distro of
| Linux, which would be an industry first for desktops and notebooks
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http://www.techspot.com/news/24571-hp-considering-factoryloaded-linux-desktops-and-notebooks.html
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