HPs Strategy

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HPsStrategy
Open Source Solutions Operation
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Agenda

• Overview
• Opportunity
• Strategy
• Summary

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Before we go any further
The goal is not world domination, but that
would be nice.
Its Linux as in linn-ux not line-ux!
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What is Linux?
Overview

• POSIX-like OS created by Linus Torvalds in 1991
• Developed via Internet by programmers worldwide
• Open Source, distributed under GNU General Public
  License (GPL)
• Packaged versions available for commercial
  distribution -- from Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE,
  others
• Runs on Intel and RISC architectures -- with a
  single source code base

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The fastest-growingOS in the world
Opportunity
Worldwide server operating system unit shipments
in millions
In 1998, Linux server market share
equals combined Unix
Source IDC, 12/98
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Where is Linux beingdeployed?
Opportunity
- Developer Seat - Pilot/Test System - Low-end
Workgroup File/Print - Scientific/technical -
Dist. Rep. Site Server
- Web Server - Proxy Cache - E-Mail - Firewall
- Emerging ECOM - Enterprise (IA-32 dev)
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Linux Growth Drivers
Opportunity

• Speed - 1.5x performance over NT
• Ease of operation/maintenance less complex, more
  stable (bug-free) than NT
• Hot fixes patches received in hours from
  extended Linux community
• Cheap, old Intel machines can be recycled
• Kernel access for software development
• Available on Intel, SPARC, Alpha something no
  other OS can claim

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Linux Growth Inhibitors
Opportunity

• Lack of packaged applications and tools
• Ease/speed of installation and configuration
• Hacker OS reputation, mistrust of freeware
• Accountability for support and strategic
  direction support model scalability
• Availability of training and documentation
• Scalability beyond 4 processors, HA/Clustering
• Understanding legal implications/licensing schemes

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HPs view is thatLinux is for real!
Strategy
The Hypeometer
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HP Linux Strategy
Strategy
Position HP for Linux Growth
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HP Linux Systems Roadmap
Strategy
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HP Linux Software Roadmap
Strategy
Source
HP-UX Debugger
Binary
No Plans
Evaluating
Implementing
Available
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HP Linux Services
Strategy
Open Support for Open Systems

• Worldwide 24x7 support for Linux
• 2 hour response commitment
• Unlimited phone-in or electronic call submittal
• Support for major Linux distributions
  multivendor Intel hardware
• Access to comprehensive database of multivendor
  product and support information
• Linux training courses at HP Education Centers
  worldwide

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HP Commitment to Linux
Summary

• Open Source Solutions Operation (OSSO)
• Systems Leadership and growth roadmap
• IA-64 (primary developer)
• Puffing PA-RISC project (pioneering relationship)
• Software Key HP technologies will be open source
• Service 1st to market with 24x7 worldwide Linux
  support
• Linux International
• Sponsoring corporate member, seat on BOD

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• BACKUP SLIDES

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Develop on LinuxDeploy on UX/Linux/NT
Strategy
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What the analystsare saying...
Opportunity

• IDC believes that continued positive press and
  potential backing by a large organization are all
  that stand between Linux and deployment at
  corporate sites worldwide. (IDC 3/98)
• While we position Linux as a second-tier
  platform for ISV enthusiasm, its rapid rise in
  popularity makes it the best candidate to join
  Sun Microsystems Solaris and Microsofts NT as a
  top-tier platform within the next 12 months.
  (Gartner Group 4/98)
• Linux, as the leading example of open-source
  code, could ultimately have ramifications for our
  industry that were only beginning to grasp.
  (Summit Strategies, 3/99)
• Open-source development has found an important
  place in the commercial software arena. But it
  wont radically alter the competitive landscape,
  and it will not be the force that drives the next
  wave of startups to success. (Red Herring 2/99)

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Competitive Analysis
Competition

• Sun
• IBM
• Compaq
• (to be designed)