Analysis: Whitman's Tenure At HP Must Include Open-Source Investment

Posted by blahblahtech on Sep 23, 2011 1:32 PM EDT
CRN.com; By Edward F. Moltzen
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Of all the priorities Meg Whitman now must face as Hewlett-Packard's CEO -- and HP has many priorities -- deep and long commitment to open-source technology must be near the top of the list. HP’s software business is simply not a strength for the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company -- whether it’s on the desktop, the server, the data center or in the cloud. Perhaps the best piece of software that comes from HP is its Universal Print Driver, which is actually a powerful piece of software but not exactly positioned in the IT industry’s growth areas.

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