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HP’s Headache: GroundWork Open Source
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| Whether it’s HP OpenView, Operations Manager or Network Node Manager, the
| company is under attack from simpler, lower-cost solutions.
|
| [...]
|
| Still, HP needs a clearer, far stronger response to open source and managed
| services platforms. Instead of complaining about GroundWork publishing HP
| price lists, HP should solve its pricing problem.
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http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/11/25/hps-headache-groundwork-open-source/
HP tries to hide its pricing from customers and open-source competitors
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| Is HP afraid of transparency? Presumably it can justify those high prices, so
| why is it worried? Here's the letter in its entirety. You be the judge.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10107677-16.html?tag=mncol;title
Recent:
Irate e-mails reveal HP, Microsoft strife
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| A surprise decision by Microsoft jeopardized its relationship with PC giant
| Hewlett-Packard a year before Windows Vista's release, according to internal
| e-mails unsealed late Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The messages,
| between top Microsoft and HP executives, shed new light on the
| behind-the-scenes turmoil that preceded the operating system's troubled
| debut.
|
| "You have demonstrated a complete lack of commitment to HP as a strategic
| partner and cost us a lot of money in the process," wrote HP executive
| Richard Walker in a January 2006 message to then-Microsoft Windows chief Jim
| Allchin. "Your credibility is severely damaged in my organization."
|
| [...]
|
| From: Jim Allchin
| Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:01 AM
| To: Steve Ballmer
| Cc: Kevin Johnson
| Subject: FW: Microsoft Vista Compatible Announcement
|
| I am beyond being upset here.
|
| This was totally mismanaged by Intel and Microsoft.
|
| What a mess.
|
| Now we have an upset partner, Microsoft destroyed credibility, as well as my
| own credibility shot.
|
| I was away and I get back to see this mess.
|
| I was told all this started with a call between you and Paul (Otellini,
| Intel's CEO). I will have to get to the bottom of this and understand how we
| could be so insensitive in handing the situation.
|
| jim
|
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|
| From: Steve Ballmer
| Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:32 PM
| To: Jim Allchin
| Cc: Kevin Johnson
| Subject: RE: Microsoft Vista Compatible Announcement
|
| I had nothing to do with this. Will (Poole, another Windows executive)
| handled everything. I received a message that paul was going to call. Will
| said he would handle it. Paul called. I had not even had a chance to report
| his issues when Will told me he had solved them. (It did not sound like he
| had) I am not even in the detail of the issues
|
| You better get will under control thanks.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/HP_Microsoft_e-mails_reveal_more_Vista_fallout34518079.html
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