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HP Shipping Turbolinux HP in Asia

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-an-ocean-away dept.

An anonymous reader noted that "Turbolinux just announced they will be distributing TurboLinux 10 Desktop with HP's Compaq business Desktop PCs in 12 Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. "

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  1. ...or desktops for that matter... by Penguinisto · · Score: 2, Insightful
    ...just one at a time, without having to pay a big, fat premium, or the MSFT tax.

    (now, where's that $#@! coffee?...)

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    1. Re:...or desktops for that matter... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Gosh, how do those Dell boxes get cheaper when you remove the MS OS? You're challenging everything that a run-of-the-mill Slashdotter believes about the "MS tax."

  2. Great but... by 3cents · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's always good to see linux being adopted elsewhere but I worry about HP's commitment to helping the opensource community. It looks like they sponsor a few project here but thats seems like a far cry from IBM's investment in open source. So my question is this. Do you think HP is simply profiteering off the backs of generous open source developers or are they doing enough as is?

    Slashrank

  3. HP trying to keep Itanic alive by bstadil · · Score: 3, Insightful
    If you notice the HP kernel effort is almost exclusively centered around the Itanic.

    HP were betting at least half the farm on Itanic, when they canned PA and Alpha and they are pretty much up the creek now.

    Their Itanic Linux effort is fine but 100% self serving, prety much nothing they contribute has an impact on Linux at large.

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    1. Re:HP trying to keep Itanic alive by Sri+Lumpa · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "Their Itanic Linux effort is fine but 100% self serving"

      In other words: HP had an Linux on Itanium itch that they scratched

      OR: Linus's Linux effort is fine but 100% self serving (circa 1991)

      Nothing wrong with being self serving as long as you don't try to screw others/your customers to serve yourself.

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      "The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers." Bill Gates,
  4. Re:Interesting development for HP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think it's smart to partner with more than one or two companies with something this important. If Mandrake has strenghts in some areas, use them to meet those needs. If Turbolinux has differnt strengths (and strong brand recognition in Asia) then it's in HP's best interest to partner with them. I think it's a brilliant strategy that goes beyond just "marketing". Who wants another Red Hat or SuSE dominating the globe?