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| DATE | 2004-03-17 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] HP Starts Pushing Desktop Linux
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and that, boys and girls, is GOOD NEWS
Ruben
On 2004.03.17 13:21 "Inker, Evan" wrote:
>
> HP Starts Pushing Desktop Linux
> March 12, 2004, http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44054.htm
>
> Summary
> HP has supposedly been selling MandrakeSoft Linux on the desktop for a while
> but has been so quiet about it that for all intents and purposes it's been a
> stealth operation. That's all about to change, with two new Linux desktops
> ready for rolling out by HP to the North American SMB market, both boxes to
> be sold with Mandrake Linux.
>
> By Maureen O'Gara
>
> HP has supposedly been selling MandrakeSoft Linux on the desktop for a while
> but it's been so quiet about it that for all intents and purposes it's been
> a stealth operation.
> But now that the desktop Linux hype meter is registering new highs, HP has
> decided to raise the decibel level.
>
> It says it's got two new Linux desktops for the North American SMB market.
> One is the first of a new basic 2000 series, the HP Compaq Business Desktop
> dx2000. The company figures the street price of a Celeron model will be $389
> to start. The Hyper-Threaded Pentium 4 unita will be pricier.
>
> The other box is a mainstream widget designated the dc5000, another series
> that will come with HP Lifecycle manageability tools and is priced at $599
> for a Celeron chip and $679 for a P4 box.
>
> According to HP's custom, the boxes will be sold with Mandrake Linux, a boon
> for the French company that just filed its plan to emerge from the Parisian
> version of Chapter 11 last week. The same PCs can be had with Windows XP, by
> the way.
>
> An HP Compaq 7000 series, due this summer, will offer customers advanced
> security, serviceability and manageability features, including HP Lifecycle
> Solutions to deploy and maintain PCs in corporate networks.
>
> The microtower dx2000 features four DIMM slots to support single- or
> dual-channel memory configurations and offers quick and easy utilization of
> external peripherals with eight USB 2.0 ports.
>
> The box can be had at clock rates up to 3GHz, with a maximum 80GB drive, up
> to one gigabyte of double data rate (DDR) SDRAM and a choice of optical
> drives.
>
> Though it uses the same processors as the 2000, the dc5000 is intended for
> more advanced computing, and comes in two designs - a small form factor and
> a microtower. It can support a 160GB drive and up to 4GB of DDR SDRAM. Both
> form factors are designed with tool-less access to internal components and
> drives.
>
> HP seems to think XP will dominate the 5000 platform.
>
> Meanwhile, Mandrake's Chapter 11 exit plan, which the courts have yet to
> accept, calls for it to repay 4.1 million euros in liabilities over the next
> nine years and no interest. It says it's committed to repaying 3.3 million
> euros of the total amount, but that 800,000 euros is conditional on "certain
> events" that it doesn't describe.
>
> The company says it means the liabilities will be pay off out of revenues
> and that it won't need to raise additional capital. At last word it had
> subscriptions from existing investors to pay 2.10 euros apiece for an
> additional 358,000 shares, giving Mandrake a stronger capital base.
>
> Although the exit plan hasn't been rubberstamped by a court, Mandrake shares
> are trading again on Marche Libre after a 14-month absence.
>
> The company is working on a new desktop kit based on the 2.6 Linux kernel
> that will offer a choice of KDE 3.2, Gnome 2.4 or the house-brand
> MandrakeGalaxy 2 desktop environments as well as OpenOffice 1.1.
>
>
> About the author
> Maureen O'Gara is editor-in-chief of Maureen O'Gara's LinuxGram(TM) -
> published weekly by G2 Computer Intelligence Inc. and distributed by Linux
> Business Week.
>
>
>
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