* 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
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