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HP has become the third premier sponsor of the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) and fwupd, joining Dell and Lenovo in contributing $100k+ annually to support firmware updates on Linux. (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] 9 points 3 months ago* (13 children)

Right... which... is why I wrote revenue and not operational profit? Was I unclear? What should I have shared instead? Please feel free to clarify directly with whatever you believe would be better and why, we can all learn.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (4 children)

    Revenue says basically nothing in this kind of context. HP's earnings before taxes was 3 279m so 100k is well nothing.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    earnings before taxes was 3 279m so 100k is well nothing.

    Genuinely confused now, are you saying "your nothing" is different from "my nothing"?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I was really consufed by your chain of comments.

    You stated revenue, which doesn’t say anything about profit. Then you argue that that is true and say that is why you posted revenue.

    Which is why I posted the profit or HP of 2024

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (5 children)

    What is this condescending tone, is this what they call redditor energy

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

    Were you not condescending? Don't you believe you started this?

    You could have said :

    • Revenue is not precise enough, operational profit would be a better metric
    • Operational profit is more representative of the situation and for HP it's [insert value]

    or basically anything that prompts a discussion by kindly clarifying.

    Instead you basically said "Apples are not oranges" and now you are saying replies are toxic.

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