[Fsf-friends] HP's annual sale of $2 billion linked to Linux
Soundara Rajan N.S.
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HP's annual sales of $2 billion linked to Linux
Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest personal computer maker, said on Tuesday it had annual sales of $2 billion linked to the Linux open computer-operating system, the fast-growing rival to Microsoft'sWindows.
"Our Linux business is a $2 billion a year business. We have the most comprehensive Linux offering in the industry," HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said at HP's annual enterprise and storage computing event here.
Hewlett-Packard has championed the Linux system, one of the few areas of growth in the depressed information technology sector, and its business that sells, installs and runs the system has grown from virtually nothing five years ago.
"HP ships more Linux than anyone else. We don't see competitors like Dell at all because of services and support that are needed," she added. International Business Machines Corp also actively promotes Linux, developing software and services around it to challenge the dominance of Windows.
Linux, invented by the Finn Linus Torvalds in the 1990s and further developed by a community of software engineers on the Internet, is free of licensing charges, and is regarded reliable and robust because it is rooted in the Unix software architecture.
Until its recent emergence as a widely used operating system, Linux has mostly been used by large enterprises for very specific or heavy-duty computing tasks, such as firewalls and Web caching, or for replacing big racks of mainframes.
Fiorina did not disclose details, but was understood to be referring to HP's total sales of hardware, software and services that accompany Linux software. HP's total sales in its fourth fiscal quarter ending October 31 was $18 billion.
Many users prefer Linux because of the ease of adding or removing hardware for fast-growing computing tasks, such as Web servers, without worrying about spiralling software licensing costs. Fiorina acknowledged that most of her 4,000 strong audience of clients
and resellers were struggling with a stagnant economy and flat or falling information technology budgets.
"Customers are more focused on 'how do I get better return on my investment'. This is a long-lasting structural change that is not just cyclical. It will stay here also when the economy recovers again," she said.
Market research groups such IDC have estimated that the number of Linux installations has grown by some 35 percent last year, while oerall IT budgets were flat or declining.
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<P><STRONG>HP's annual sales of $2 billion linked to
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Hewlett-Packard</FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>, the world's largest personal computer maker,
said on Tuesday it had annual sales of $2 billion linked to the Linux open
computer-operating system, the fast-growing rival to
Microsoft'sWindows.</FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>
<DIV><BR>"Our Linux business is a $2 billion a year business. We have the
most comprehensive Linux offering in the industry," HP Chief
Executive Carly Fiorina said at HP's annual enterprise and storage
computing event here.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Hewlett-Packard has championed the Linux system, one of the few
areas of growth in the depressed information technology sector, and
its business that sells, installs and runs the system has grown
from virtually nothing five years ago.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>"HP ships more Linux than anyone else. We don't see competitors
like Dell at all because of services and support that are
needed," she added. International Business Machines Corp also actively
promotes Linux, developing software and services around it to challenge the
dominance of Windows.</DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>
<DIV><BR>Linux, invented by the Finn Linus Torvalds in the 1990s and
further developed by a community of software engineers on the Internet,
is free of licensing charges, and is regarded reliable and robust
because it is rooted in the Unix software architecture.<BR>Until its recent
emergence as a widely used operating system, Linux has mostly been used by
large enterprises for very specific or heavy-duty computing tasks, such as
firewalls and Web caching, or for replacing big racks of mainframes.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Fiorina did not disclose details, but was understood to be
referring to HP's total sales of hardware, software and services that
accompany Linux software. HP's total sales in its fourth fiscal quarter
ending October 31 was $18 billion.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Many users prefer Linux because of the ease of adding or
removing hardware for fast-growing computing tasks, such as Web
servers, without worrying about spiralling software licensing
costs. Fiorina acknowledged that most of her 4,000 strong audience of
clients<BR>and resellers were struggling with a stagnant economy and flat
or falling information technology budgets. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> "Customers are more focused on 'how do I get better return on
my investment'. This is a long-lasting structural change that is not
just cyclical. It will stay here also when the economy recovers again,"
she said.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Market research groups such IDC have estimated that the number
of Linux installations has grown by some 35 percent last year,
while oerall IT budgets were flat or declining.</DIV>
<DIV><BR> Copyright 2003, Reuters News Service</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Posted by N.S. Soundara Rajan, Mysore, Ph: 0821
414726</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Columnist "Deccan Herald", Spoken English
Teacher and Knowledge networker <BR> <BR>...connecting people to
people, and people to knowledge<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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