Realizing that "What if" articles tend to bring out the best and worst in people, I thought it was worth exploring this mindset again, just for kicks. This time, however, there is a clear angle to the idea. One that I hope can crossover and inspire, if nothing else.

In this piece, I want to explore what if the power players in the corporate Linux world actually bothered to make their interests in Linux an all or nothing type of game. Here is a breakdown of what I’m talking about:

HP. After seeing what a mess Vista turned out to be, would it not be prudent for HP to kick their efforts up a notch? While they have done great things, how wild would it be to see a simple notice on their product boxes stating that their product have been tested on select popular distributions? For the sake of openness, they would follow this up with "likely to work with other distributions as well," but highlighting distros that have made buzz lately only works to further open source peripheral compatibility.

Intel.

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