__/ [ Jim ] on Monday 24 July 2006 13:31 \__
> Rex Ballard wrote:
>
>>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | It dawned on me that Microsoft is like that for some people. They
>>> | contaminate the horizons, and managers and professionals get locked
>>> | into a "comfort zone" which is not easily broken; they get used to
>>> | Microsoft providing all the solutions to every problem, and regard
>>> | anything outside the Microsoft Zone with suspicion.
>>> `----
>>
>> Another Exellent link and post, as always.
>>
>>> http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=59
>>
>> The interesting thing is that IBM, which DOES have a reputation based
>> on successful DELIVERY of solutions that include everything from PCs to
>> Mainframes, has chosen LINUX as it's primary "Cross-platform" solution.
>> Almost all of IBM's major software products now run on Linux, and
>> Linux runs on all of their platforms from Lennovo Thinkpads (used by
>> their consultants) to their Z-Series super-Mainframe, and their
>> BlueGene-L superclusters.
>>
>> Lotus now offers a Notes Work-alike called LanWorkplace.
>> DB2 runs on Linux on all platforms.
>> The WBI-MQI configuration manager still runs on Windows, but the
>> critical elements now run on Linux.
>> The WBI Modeler runs on Windows, but the process manager runs on Linux.
>>
>> In each case, the "Windows only" pieces are specifically for
>> development level configuration consoles, and even those can be
>> accessed remotely.
>>
>> Sam Palmisano spoke at the Linux Expo in NYC just a few months before
>> he became CEO, and had been a Linux advocate even before IBM formally
>> "endorsed" Linux.
>>
>> HP also offers Linux on everything from their Prolinea Laptops to their
>> Superdomes.
>> At the same Linux Expo where Sam spoke, Carly Fiorina announced that
>> ALL HP Printers would have Linux drivers available. HP is also finding
>> Linux to be a strategic element in many new projects.
>>
>> Dell is even referring to Linux by name now in their server ads. I
>> wouldn't be surprised if they started mentioning Linux support in their
>> AMD-64 and High End Intel machines as well. Again, Linux has become a
>> strategic factor in winning sales.
>>
>> Rex Ballard
>> http://www.open4success.org
>
> ./me bows to HP:
>
> _/-\o_ Hewlett-Packard _o/-\_
>
> I've got a 720cXI running via the cups postscript driver, it does ok.
> Hearing this news only pushes HP up my list of favourite peripheral
> manufacturers.
>
> As for Dell, they didn't have to do much to get Linux certified -
> everything on this C840 notebook works under SuSE (it was a struggle
> getting the sound and the modem working under XP), including the IPW2100
> miniPCI. Still having that usb drive problem tho, but a recent hint in
> another group points to a kernel bug. Will try a DVD boot on Knoppix 5.0
> tonight, see if that is it.
The former head of HP recently left to join a Linux-only brand: Penguin
Computing. They deliver Linux servers. Apart from that, just looking at the
past month of two, let me add to the praises by pulling a few links.
HP Has Got Novell's Back
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| It's this support that HP is touting. It has 6,500 personnel dedicated
| to Linux support, who also use it as part of their daily jobs.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3620611
HP, Blueloop And Omni Demonstrate How Upto 10 Users Can Share A Single
Linux Desktop Computer
http://in.sys-con.com/read/247419.htm
HP To Certify Suse Linux For Notebooks
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| Lance Stevens, software product marketing manager for business PCs at
| HP, said he expects that HP would eventually preload SLED 10 on desktops
| on a custom-order basis.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=190301147&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
HP To Support Novell Desktop Linux
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| Plans call for HP to certify SLED 10 for select desktops--including
| the nx6310, nx6320, nc6320, nc2400, nx6315 and nx6325 models--before
| the year's end, the spokeswoman said in response to questions from CRN.
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http://www.channelweb.com/sections/allnews/article.jhtml?articleId=189500832&cid=ChannelWebNews
HP Teams with Availigent on Linux
http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/237070.htm
HP's Switzerland Strategy: Playing in Unix, Linux and Windows Markets
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| Our regional groups have the freedom to work more locally if a customer
| wants it. So we do Mandriva in France and Brazil, and Ubuntu in South
| Africa. If there is big interest when Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
| from Novell is released, the PSG (personal systems group) can turn on a
| dime and offer it pretty quickly worldwide.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/b7hsCMALGZ2L15/HPs-Switzerland-Strategy-Playing-in-Unix-Linux-and-Windows-Markets.xhtml
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