3.1. Informations on HP products and Linux

3.1.1. General informations

HP became recently concious of the importance taken by Linux and free software in general, and on its machines particularly. Thus a web site dedicated to Linux in HP environment is now available at http://www.hp.com/go/linux.

In France, there is for a longer time a site on these themes, under the responsability of Jacques Misselis <Jacques_Misselis@hp.com>, hosted by l'École Centrale de Lyon at the address http://hpwww.ec-lyon.fr/hpeduc/education.

On the other side, the firm Medasys , for which I worked between 1996 and 2000, put at disposition of the community a certain number of informations since 1997, available at http://www.medasys.fr/linux. This HOWTO is the result of this work.

HP also realized a synthesis document (PDF format) concerning his position in front of Linux, the White Paper HP Linux Strategy.

HP is a member of Linux International.

3.1.2. Particular announces

HP also communicates through its web site around Linux and free software. You'll find some links here.

• FireHunter announce (10/06/1998)

  http://www.hp.com/communications/solutions/isp/tools/pressroom/releases/pr032999a.html

• Covision program announce (01/27/1999)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jan99/27jan99b.htm

• Linux support on NetServers and IA-64 announce (01/27/1999)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jan99/27jan99.htm

• PA-Risc port announce (03/01/1999)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/mar99/01mar99e.htm

• Informix HP association announce (03/02/1999)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/mar99/02mar99i.htm

• Kayak Linux support (03/17/1999)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/mar99/17mar99e.htm

• World Linux support announce (04/20/1999)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/apr99/20apr99a.htm

• HP OpenView announces (05/17/1999)

  http://www.openview.hp.com/solutions/itsm/press/press.asp?docid=314

• Availability of Apache on HP 3000 (Summer/1999)

  http://www.businessservers.hp.com/falladvisor/sum99/Summer99/apache.html

• Visualize Linux support announce (06/21/1999)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jun99/21jun99g.htm

• Open Source Software commitment by HP (08/09/1999)

  http://internetsolutions.enterprise.hp.com/linux/news/PRelease4.html

• Aberdeen group analysis on HP position on free software (08/09/1999)

  http://internetsolutions.enterprise.hp.com/linux/news/aberdeen_white_paper.html

• HP Linux vision (01/01/2000)

  http://www.hp.com/visualize/programs/news/archive/linuxvision.html

• HP announces the certification of its DAT and DLT products under Linux (02/02/2000)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/feb00/02feb00c.htm

• HP Brings Award-winning 3-D VISUALIZE Graphics to Linux Desktop (02/02/2000)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/feb00/02feb00b.htm and http://internetsolutions.enterprise.hp.com/linux/feb02page.html

• HP and Intel Release IA-64 Developer's Kit for Linux (06/13/2000)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jun00/13jun00a.htm

• HP Announces Linux Support for State-of-the-art 3-D Graphics Accelerators (07/25/2000)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jul00/25jul00b.htm

• HP Expands Commitment to Linux (08/14/2000)

  http://www.hp.com/pressrel/aug00/14aug00.htm

• HP adds Linux support for its Chai appliance platform Software (09/26/2000)

  http://www.linux.hp.com/news_events/press_releases/linux_chai.html

• HP's open letter to the Open source Community (10/18/2000)

  http://www.linux.hp.com/news_events/open_letter.html

• HP Ultrium Tape Drives Certified to be Linux Compatible (11/21/2000)

  http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/21nov00b.htm

• Bruce Perens, Open Source advocate, joins HP (12/04/2000)

  http://www.linux.hp.com/news_events/perens.html

• HP NetServers make Linux Hum for Solid State Design

  http://netserver.hp.com/netserver/docs/download.asp?file=cs_solid.pdf

• Medasys chosen by Hewlett-Packard France Education/Research as Linux competence center

  http://hpwww.ec-lyon.fr/hpeduc/education/offre/linux/educ_linux.html

• Hewlett-Packard France Education/Research announces commitment to Linux promotion

  http://hpwww.ec-lyon.fr/hpeduc/education/offre/linux/hp_linux.html

HP France has also published an article on Linux and free software in its May 1999 issue of HP Computer News, an article on HP Linux support in the September 1999 issue, and an article on Linux RedHat solutions on HP Visualize workstation in the November 1999 issue.