[Halfmanhalfamazing]

Sounds like alot of people are asking.

[atomicpossum]

Make sure it's supported well and they've got a shot.

I'd like to see Microsoft become a lot less dominant,

[sigSEGV]

Vista is the straw that broke the camel's back.

[zeugma]

Tech pings? It's good to see the demand for Linux is increasing at HP.

[Space Wrangler]

It's high time somebody stepped up to the plate. Dell got scared. Let's hope HP faces down MS and moves forward with this. I'm an enthusiastic user of both Windows and Linux(and OS X for that matter), but MS needs some market pressure to keep their pricing in check. Both MS's EULA's and pricing is getting completely out of hand.

[Golden Eagle]

said Doug Small, worldwide director of open source and Linux marketing

Now there's an unbiased source if I ever saw one. /SARCASM

[LibKill]

'Vista' has a total suxor licensing scheme. You can install it on one computer, and if that computer breaks or is replaced, on a second one. After that you get to fork over your money all over again.

XP will be the last version of windows for me. I guess I will have to get penguinfied.

[goldstategop]

That's the only way to make Linux mainstream - by offering PC's for sale that have Linux pre-installed and ready to run right out of the box.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ken21]

linux, great!

but i will not buy another hewlett packard pos.