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Today's online edition of Infoworld has a couple items on HP.  One is an
interview with Mr. Platt, and the other is a short "armchair quarterback"
on what the company needs to do.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid Mr. Platt is missing the boat on Linux:

        InfoWorld: Has HP been tracking the rise of Linux?

        Platt: It's got a lot going for it and it's coming up really fast.
               The problem it has to solve is that you need to get some
               real-world applications supported on it as a primary core,
               not some guy in a back room. At the point that those guys
               embrace it, we'll have a Linux strategy. Big time ISV
               support is really the key issue.

"Some guy in a back room"??
Otherwise, the interview is pretty interesting.


Separately, HP issued a press release today about incorporated Merced in
a future NetServer system.

       "The first NetServer systems incorporating the Merced processor chip
        are slated to be available in mid-2000."

I wonder if that's meant to coincide the NT 5.0's shipping date. ;)


        Interview:
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?/interviews/981012platt.htm

        Editorial:
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/vizard/vizard.htm

        Press release:
http://www.hp.com/pressrel/oct98/12oct98a.htm

--Glenn Cole
  Software al dente, Inc.
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