HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop
HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop
Posted Jul 12, 2004 15:32 UTC (Mon) by danielpf (guest, #4723)Parent article: HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop
The announcement would be more credible if the ritual "HP recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional" at the top of the page would be absent.
Posted Jul 12, 2004 17:16 UTC (Mon)
by gduval (guest, #11868)
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My guess is that such a "sticker" on each product page at HP's website could be part of an OEM HP-Microsoft deal to get rebates on volume price licenses on windows.
Posted Jul 12, 2004 18:48 UTC (Mon)
by tjc (guest, #137)
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I think you're right. One can see the same boilerplate phrase on the order form of any hardware manufacture that bundles MSFT Windows.
Posted Jul 12, 2004 19:17 UTC (Mon)
by rmini (subscriber, #4991)
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Posted Jul 12, 2004 21:36 UTC (Mon)
by crouchet (guest, #1084)
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JC
Posted Jul 13, 2004 17:14 UTC (Tue)
by apolinsky (subscriber, #19556)
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Alan
> The announcement would be more credible if the ritual "HP recommends HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop
> Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional" at the top of the page would be absent.
My guess is that such a "sticker" on each product page at HP's website could be part of an OEM HP-Microsoft deal to get rebates on volume price licenses on windows.HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop
I can verify that that is, in fact, the case; however, I only speak for myself and not my employer.
HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop
Although I understand what you are saying, none of that invalidates the original point.HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop
I contacted Hewlett Packard about the Microsoft issue. I heard back from Voisine, Cheri [cheri.voisine@hp.com] who said the correction on the Web page will be made shortly. They used a standard boilerplate header.HP and Mandrakelinux offer the 441 desktop