HP Sees Huge Linux Desktop Deals

Hewlett-Packard is closing custom deals for thousands of desktop PCs running Linux, which has the company assessing the possibility of offering factory-loaded Linux systems, an HP executive said. “We are involved in a number of massive deals for Linux desktops, and those are the kinds of things that are indicators of critical mass. So we are really looking at it very hard,”

As they should. Dells loss could be HPs huge gain. Either way, I’d be curious to see how well HP would succeed in something like this, since it’s only been Dells name in the limelight for Linux desktops for a while.

Source: CRN