I think we'll see this sort of thing happening more often in the future. Major companies are recognizing linux as a stable and powerfull platform but they're still hesitant to completely support it.
HP must have seen that linux was clearly the best os to be incorporated in their new printer but they must've also thought their helplines would get flooded if they supported linux as a client too. Fearing their tech support couldn't cope with thousands of linux geeks demanding support on their exotic custom made build, they decided not to support linux at all. Or maybe they're just being stupid and ignorant, or bribed my microsoft.
This is getting somewhere though, in the past HP would probably never even have considered anything linux based, so this probably means even non-geeks see some form of progress in the development of linux.
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HP must have seen that linux was clearly the best os to be incorporated in their new printer but they must've also thought their helplines would get flooded if they supported linux as a client too. Fearing their tech support couldn't cope with thousands of linux geeks demanding support on their exotic custom made build, they decided not to support linux at all. Or maybe they're just being stupid and ignorant, or bribed my microsoft.
This is getting somewhere though, in the past HP would probably never even have considered anything linux based, so this probably means even non-geeks see some form of progress in the development of linux.