[Am-info] Fiorina Vows Support For Linux, Promotes Merger

[Fred A. Miller]

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Fiorina Vows Support For Linux, Promotes Merger

Hewlett-Packard chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina Wednesday pledged 
"unwavering commitment" to Linux, adding that HP's planned 
merger with Compaq would help increase the operating system's 
legitimacy with business users because both companies are 
committed to developing the operating system as a platform for 
enterprise computing.

"This is the breakout year for Linux; it's on everyone's watch 
list," Fiorina said in her keynote at the LinuxWorld Expo in New 
York. "We see HP's role as helping to increase Linux's 
credibility in the business world. Customers are feeling the 
[economic] pinch, and they are a lot more open to considering 
Linux."

Taking a swing at critics of the merger plan, she said: "There 
are some who find change exciting, and others who find it 
intimidating. Some find it exhilarating, others find it 
exhausting. Some know they will gain from it, others fear they 
will lose from it."

Fiorina also used the speech to promote a new range of Linux 
services and products unveiled by HP Tuesday, including two 
high-end, carrier-grade servers for the telecommunications 
industry. In addition, she revealed an alliance with movie 
studio Dreamworks SKG, which calls for HP to provide 
workstations, servers, printers, and networking equipment that 
use Linux for an animation studio Dreamworks is building at its 
headquarters in Glendale, Calif. Financial details of the three-
year, multimillion-dollar deal were not disclosed. - David M. 
Ewalt

For more on Linux and HP:
IBM To Offer Linux-Only Mainframe
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eFp70Bce7K0V20BVxY0AH

Hewlett Heir's Letter Widens Antimerger Campaign
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eFp70Bce7K0V20BVdS0Ap

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org

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