HP Servers and Ubuntu: Reading Between the Lines

You can’t be half-pregnant. And Hewlett-Packard can’t be half-committed to Ubuntu Server Edition. Over the next few months, I think you’ll see HP make a far more comprehensive commitment to Canonical’s Linux server strategy. Here’s why.

First, today’s news: Canonical has certified Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on Hewlett-Packard’s HP ProLiant G6 servers; Ubuntu is now certified to run on 17 different ProLiant configurations. I’ve been expecting this news for several months. Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth hinted during the Ubuntu 9.04 launch that a Hewlett-Packard server announcement would surface within a few weeks or months.

At the time, Shutteworth said Ubuntu 9.o4 had been tested to run on 45 different server configurations from IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Lenovo and other server makers.

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