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On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:05 PM, colin james <doodlesmcpooh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 12 March 2011 08:28, Roland Tarver <roland.tarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2011/02/hp-put-linux-printers-and-pc%E2%80%99s-it%E2%80%99s-end-era-windows
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>> "The most interesting part of the event came near the end when HP
>> announced that it is going to ship WebOS not only in phones, tablets
>> and printers, but in PC’s as well."
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>> - interesting... :-)
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>> roly
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> Sounds like they are just using it to get cheaper licensing fees from
> Microsoft.
>From the article I did not get that impression. I thought it appeared
that they were using it because it was better....
"Companies are choosing Linux because it supports more architectures
and more devices than any other OS and is freely available and is able
to be custom-branded. No other OS on the market can deliver on all of
this."
....but of course I could be wrong. Have you read something elsewhere?
or is yours a common-sense approach to how big business may operate?
i.e., Using linux as a threat in order to have MS reduces the fees HP
pay? ("reduce your costs or we will use linux"? lol)
best wishes
roly :-)
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