Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 23rd May 2006 16:55 UTC, submitted by Jane Walker
Desktop sales played a big role in Hewlett-Packard's recent news-making profit gains. In the future, Linux will figure prominently in HP desktops, says Christine Martino, vice president of HP's Open Source and Linux Organization. She's not predicting an overthrow of Windows desktops anytime soon, though.
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2006-02-15
The Dells and HPs ride the trends to make money. They have no other drive - that is my message.
Can't speak to Dell, but as someone who spent five years doing OS research at HP labs, and who still has many friends at HP, can say that "make money" is still not the only motivation at that company.
Making money is a necessary part of the deal, but a lot of people care about how they make money, and many of them are still at HP and still passionate.