HP Lets User Take Linux for a Virtual Spin 39
Jane Walker writes to tell us TechTarget has an interesting article on HP's new TestDrive program. For many small business owners this new site could allow for the benefits of testing many different platforms without having to make the investment up front. From the article: "The program, called TestDrive, is accessed online via the TestDrive Web site. It allows free-of-charge access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Novell SuSE Linux and other open source operating systems like Debian, FreeBSD and OpenVMS. After registering with the site, each user is allowed 1 GB of space in which to work and is granted access to HP hardware housed at the HP Linux Expertise Center in Marlboro, Mass. Access to the system includes the use of 64-bit processors like Integrity, Alpha, and PA-RISC; and SMP x86 and Opteron ProLiant servers."
New? (Score:4, Informative)
Other than that, it's still neat tech.
Re:New? (Score:1)
Use and Adoption Statistics are New (Score:4, Interesting)
300,000 unique TestDrive users, almost 60% have chosen Linux as their operating system for evaluating their business on Itanium hardware.
That's news to me. You might have known that, but I did not. That's a lot of people driving.
"new" program? (Score:2, Informative)
Thank you,
Here's something new for you. (Score:2)
No, it's more like calling Vista "new".
Just the same, the review is worth reading if you are not familiar with the program or have any interest in free software use. This fact jumped out at me:
That said, of the 300,000 unique TestDrive users, almost 60% have chosen Linux as their operating system for evaluating their business on Itanium hardware.
I'll bet you didn't know that.
This shows th
Re:"new" program? (Score:2)
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OpenVMS Open Source? (Score:2, Informative)
OpenVMS? (Score:3, Informative)
Last I checked, you could run OpenVMS for free under a hobbyist license, but it wasn't anywhere close to being open source. Did I miss something?
Re:OpenVMS? (Score:2)
The only thing you missed is the strange brain fever that apparently effects the submitter and "editors."
Redundant? (Score:2, Troll)
Re:Troll? (Score:2)
Re:Redundant? (Score:2)
Re:Redundant? (Score:2)
Test Drive (Score:4, Informative)
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Tests (Score:4, Funny)
OpenVMS? (Score:2)
Another good reason to like HP, dupe story or not. (Score:3, Interesting)
(As far as printers are concerned, on the other hand, not exactly thrilled with some of the newer DeskJets – I tend to be an Epson guy myself, the DeskJets tend to break too easily. Although then again, I still have yet to have any problems whatsoever with one of the original DeskJets, which I still use even today, despite it being older than I am. Runs like a charm.)
Re:Another good reason to like HP, dupe story or n (Score:2)
Damn! What auction was that??? State surplus?
Re:Another good reason to like HP, dupe story or n (Score:1)
Re:Another good reason to like HP, dupe story or n (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Another good reason to like HP, dupe story or n (Score:2)
Uh... yeah. Sure. Whatever you say.
Hmm... (Score:2)
IBM (Score:2)
new ? come on (Score:1)
Hmm (Score:1)
Like most of the people here, I've been using this servce for a good few years (since around 2000 when they were still Compaq) and nothing seems to have changed.
IBM AIX Test Drive (Score:2, Interesting)