HP to launch Linux-based PCs in Asia
March 17th, 2004
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HP is giving Microsoft a run for their money in Asia with a new line of non-MS computers.
The HP computers will use a Linux distribution from Turbolinux and will include the OpenOffice.org 1.1 suite of office productivity software. OpenOffice is designed to be compatible with Microsoft Office.
Turbolinux said its Linux system will be offered on HP computers in 12 Asian locations: China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper, a major business daily, reported Tuesday that sales of the HP Linux PCs will begin in June and shipments could reach 1 million units in the first year.