LINUX ACCOUNTS FOR $2 BILLION OF HP's SALES Carly Fiorina, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, the world's top seller of personal computers, says that the Linux operating system now accounts for fully $2 billion of HP sales. That $2 billion figure contrasts with virtually no sales at all a mere five years ago. Of course, the increasing importance of Linux goes beyond HP, and market research groups such as IDC say that Linux installations grew 35% last year, in spite of the fact that corporate information technology budgets were in most cases flat or declining. (Reuters/San Jose Mercury News 21 Jan 2003) http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4996371.htm -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
