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VA buys LHS, Enlightened Solutions

Posted by justin++ on from the nice-bg-info dept.

Lazzaro wrote in with the most exciting thing I've seen all day: A TechWeb article about VA (Research) buying Linux Hardware Solutions and mandrake's company, Enlightened Solutions. It goes on to say VA will regroup into three separate groups: an apparently RHAD-like development division, a web unit for Linux.com, and a systems group.

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  1. Microsoft by Streib · · Score: 3

    Let me try to understand this:

    1) Microsoft is big
    2) Microsoft employs anti-competitive tactics
    3) Linux emerges
    4) Microsoft is no longer invincible
    5) Any linux company that makes money is like Microsoft

    Ahh.... if that's the way it goes, then remind me never to try to make any money in the Linux market. I might be accused of trying to get a monopoly.

  2. What about Alpha support? by Mark+Evans · · Score: 3
    I hope VA will consider supporting Alpha based systems (as Linux HW does). Rack mount Alpha's would be great for ISPs. Of course, I have no clue if they'd actually sell...

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  3. From the horse... by Kit+Cosper · · Score: 4
    I'd just like to make sure that everyone understands that this relationship is the result of a lot of work and many, many hours of discussion. As both companies have grown we're facing new challenges, and we have come to the conclusion that a joint approach is the most effective way to meet these challenges. This deal will allow the new VA to keep pace with the explosive growth in the community while continuing to provide exceptional customer satisfaction.


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  4. Boxen for home users ? by elflord · · Score: 3
    With any luck, this means VA ( who are the ones with the big name ) will start selling some computers that ordinary people can afford. It's a pity to see so many newbies who ask "where can I buy a linux box" being pointed to VAResearch, who sell hardware that is out of the budget of most home users (who don't need U2W SCSI).

    With any luck, the collaboration with LHS will result in them selling boxes that a home user would actually think of buying. And I hope those VA guys don't forget where they came from, and don't forget about the starving college kids who can't afford their U2W Xeon screamer ... it would be a shame to see them forgetting about their roots in the process of getting big.

  5. Why are people celebrating this? by daviddennis · · Score: 3

    As far as I can tell, this is a lot like "IBM buys Compaq" - it's a merger, and mergers have a nasty tendancy of reducing competition and producing all sorts of ugly growing pains in both companies.

    What's good about this news? What it means to me is fewer options and less consumer choice.

    Of course I might just be bummed by the fact that I wanted to recommend a VA Research system to a client, but they wanted a far lower-end machine than VA provides. What happened to their $ 1,300 machine? It was all this small company really needed.

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  6. Great News! by lnevo · · Score: 3

    This is the best news I've ever heard. I have always been glad that VA Research and Linux Hardware Solutions have been out there selling boxes with Linux from the get-go, and I was a bit worried that all the support we've gotten from Dell, Compaq, IBM, and HP that these vendors would get lost in the shuffle. But now with VA Research making itself much bigger, I'm quite sure they will stand strong amidst all the competition.