HP to Globally Launch Linux-Based PCs

Rade T. writes "Reuters UK reports that HP, the No. 1 personal computer and computer printer maker, said on Wednesday that its putting its weight behind personal computers that run the Linux operating system. I guess this is the first serious step towards solving the problems that Linux faces on the Desktop/Laptop."

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Re:Buy with a conscience

[dreamchaser]

Our job market is in shambles? A 5.6% unemployment rate is NOT shambles. Also, as a hiring manager in IT I can certainly attest to the fact that there are IT jobs being filled in the States, too.

I know this is offtopic, and feel free to mod me as such. I just can't let FUD like that stand on it's own merit without some clarification.

I'm not fond of seeing jobs go overseas, but that's the price of free trade sometimes. There are also about 6 million jobs in the US for foreign companies (names like Sony come to mind, plus many more).

Re:Buy with a conscience

[LWATCDR]

Actually the company I work for is trying to hire phone support techs and a programmer or two. We can not find them. The programmer we got with a shinny degree did not know what a hash table was. He also did not know what the STL was, or how to program in perl or java. He had a limited knowlege of c++ but we spent months teaching him.
It might just be the area I am in but finding phone techs is not easy. No I am not in India and it is very unlikly we will ever outsource. We find having the support people right next to the programers the best way to provide really good support.