[link|http://news.com.com/2100-1001-826001.html|Carly says the big merger will help Linux, somehow]

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NEW YORK--Hewlett-Packard's planned merger with Compaq Computer will speed the advancement of the Linux operating system, HP Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said Wednesday.
"This is a combination that's good for Linux," Fiorina told the hundreds gathered here for her opening keynote speech at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. "We are more powerfully positioned to lead the march in open standards and Linux than either company could on its own."

She also said Linux embodies the same spirit of industry-changing innovation demonstrated by by HP founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard. Fiorina has often invoked this spirit of innovation to defend the planned merger with Compaq.

Fiorina is the most vocal proponent of the merger, leading a battle against Walter Hewlett, son of HP co-founder Bill Hewlett. Walter Hewlett, an HP board member, argues that the merger would drag down HP's profits...

Fiorina also encouraged Linux fans not to waste too much energy fighting Microsoft, which is dominant in desktop software but faces much more competition on the powerful networked computers known as servers. Linux, a clone of Unix, is most popular in servers.

"While I know this industry loves a good dogfight--boy, do I know--the truth is our collective energy can be put to much better use," Fiorina said.

"The reality is that Microsoft solutions on industry-standard hardware are a mainstay of the industry, especially on the desktop. It will remain a solution," she said. "The question for us is not will Linux dominate the world. The question is what part of the world will Linux dominate?"


I say:

Er... huh? This isn't an argument. This is a sales brochure. Synergy! Synergy! Synergy! Say it enough times and you... look like a brainwashed idiot.

And Microsoft is still the enemy, whether we fight them or not. They won't back off. Why should we?

This girl's a ditz. She's a moron. She's dumb as Monica Lewinsky and more in denial than Eleanor Clift. How the hell did she get this job?