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HP Pushes Open Source For Small Businesses
ruphus13 writes "HP finally begins to actively push open source in its products. From the post, 'HP has been quirky over the years when it comes to open source. It has been, traditionally, a company that supports open source — especially in larger enterprises... Wednesday, it announced two new open source products, geared to small businesses and educational institutions. HP plans on including its 'Mozilla Firefox for HP Virtual Solution' on more of its business class desktop PCs (to a total of seven models between the HP Compaq dc/dx lines in the US, eight models worldwide). Come December 15th, HP will also offer Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on its HP Compaq dc5850 model. The base SLED-equipped model will cost $519, and features the usual open source suspects for the small business setting — OpenOffice, and mail clients such as Evolution.'"
There was nothing to fear, because the demand for Linux as a desktop OS is nearly invisible. The world isn't based on the cultural vacuum inside Slashdot.
Like it or not, Linux distributions are the "Ron Paul" of operating systems. Lots of fanfare and excitement with a small group of people, some of whom congregate on websites, forums and chat rooms. Meanwhile, in the real world, nobody cares. Those who do take enough interest to take a close look, laugh and say "You gotta be kidding", and walk away.
"When you see a unixer brainwashed beyond saving, kick him out of the door." - Xah Lee
Bravo! By far the best Apple rant I've read in along time, I'd kill for some mod points right now. Now the pro-Apple assholes should be here in 3...2...1...