@Dietrich T. Schmitz * Your Linux Advocate But this VERY bad news for Linux. HP was something to test against, a LOT of Linux boxes have HP badges on them.
This makes me VERY sad. While I don't really care much about the loss of a Windows OEM, the loss of such a "standard" for hardware testing IS bad news.
I'm in the UK, the next name I think of is Lenovo. Buying Lenovo in the UK is an exercise in frustration. Once you've snagged one the support is very good - getting one and not paying "window tax" is rather hard.
So I'm sad to see HP's difficulties, and the loss of webOS is also painful. I'd genuinely wanted to see a big of real competition for Apple (to keep them honest) in the "professional" space, instead all we seem left with are Android devices that seem very third rate indeed.
This is all very sad.
I used IBM systems in the past (RS/6000 running AIX) but currently they aren't a company I deal with... HP seem to be going the same way.
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