Hi. No, not meaning to imply they threw this together over night.
Today, Ballmer said that he and the HP CEO meet quarterly. They're always discussing possible deals/ventures/projects. My point is HP already had a very similar deal in place with VMware, and VMware is one of Microsoft's biggest foes right now. I think a switch can be thrown quickly as to when they wanted to announce the fruits of their discussions, however...
THanks. MJ
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