The VAR Guy

Hewlett-Packard is shaking up the thin client market, but rival Wyse Technology doesn’t sound rattled. During a quick chat with The VAR Guy earlier today, Wyse CEO Tarkan Maner predicted HP’s decision to acquire thin-client specialist Neoware would send partners into Wyse’s welcoming arms.

Here’s part three of The VAR Guy’s five-part countdown, highlighting 50 trends and takeaways from the Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, Oregon. Items 30-21, with more to follow soon…

No, HP hasn’t announced plans to pre-install Ubuntu Linux on selected PCs. But the computing giant has scored a deal to provide up to 5,000 Ubuntu PCs to a major university, The VAR Guy hears.

Marten Mickos, CEO of MySQL — the fast-growing open source database provider — believes Microsoft will remain complacent until the company’s bank account begins to shrink.

Hewlett-Packard, as you may have heard, has acquired thin-client specialist Neoware and data center automation specialist Opsware. The deals could generate incremental sales opportunities for HP’s partners.

Here’s part two of The VAR Guy’s five-part countdown, highlighting 50 trends and takeaways from the Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, Oregon. Items 40-31, with more to follow soon…

Yes, The VAR Guy is attending UbuntuLIVE in Portland, Oregon. He’s already noticed several Ubuntu Linux trends that could potentially benefit solutions providers and their customers. So, it’s the perfect opportunity for a big countdown: 50 things you need to know about Ubuntu. Here are items 50-41, with more to follow soon…

Ubuntu, the fast-growing version of Linux from Canonical, now has between 6 million and 12 million users, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth.

Canonical founder and Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth is calling for an open dialog with Red Hat, Novell and other major Linux distribution providers.

A few days ago, The VAR Guy wrote a blog entry that included a pretty nifty online version of Pac-Man for all to enjoy. One influential fellow — let’s call him Tech Emcee — asked The VAR Guy to dig a bit deeper into the past. His one-sentence feedback on Pac-Man: “Call me when you have Pong working.”