Debian welcomes HP's support

published on Tue Aug 15 17:01:48 2006 in news, success-stories

HP announced that it has increased Linux distribution support options for customers and expanded its portfolio to include support for Debian GNU/Linux. The company also introduced integrated open source middleware offerings for its channel partners. The support is offered for a range of its BladeSystem server hardware as well as the new t5725 Thin Client hardware.

"With Debian, just like with Red Hat and Novell/SUSE, we'll be taking real calls from real customers to address their support needs", Jeffrey Wade, worldwide marketing manager of open source and Linux at HP told internetnews.com.

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.