* Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> [060815 10:23]: > > === > > Debian welcomes HP's support > > > | HP announced that it has increased Linux distribution support options > | for customers and expanded its portfolio to include support for Debian > | Linux. The company also introduced integrated open source middleware ^^^ GNU/Linux > | offerings for its channel partners. > > > As the first major OEM, Hewlett Packard announced the addition of Debian > > GNU/Linux as a fully supported Linux distribution on monday. > [drop] > > > The support is offered for a range of its BladeSystem server hardware > > as well as the new t5725 Thin Client hardware. > > > <#include more information about how far > > this support goes? Yes, please use that quote. > Perhaps the quote "With Debian, just like with Red Hat > > and Novell/SUSE, we'll be taking real calls from real customers to address > > their support needs" from Jeffrey Wade> ^^^^ add his title / position. > Can we back up this quote? I don't have a primary source for this yet. > Otherwise, it would match quite well. > > > > > This is not the first time HP shows appreciation for Debian GNU/Linux: the > > company is donating hosting and bandwidth for a number of servers of the > > Debian project. <#include some blurb of Bdale working at HP here? Don't > > know how to make the connection right now, though.> > [ drop] > > Support for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution has been available from > various vendors on a case per case basis for a number of years yet. "I > find it really pleasing that companies are doing support for Debian not > because we've negotiated with them, but because customers are asking for > it." said Debian Project Leader Anthony Towns. Sounds very good. Yours sincerely, Alexander -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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