"If 155 million of the clients shipped each year ship with Windows, we need to maintain a very, very strong relationship with Microsoft," said Fink. "We're not going to stop doing that."
Fink also deflected questions about HP's future relationship with SuSE rival Red Hat, which the computer maker also uses as a supplier of Linux for some of its servers.
"Red Hat continues to play a critical role for HP," he said. "But they've made the decision to not pursue the client market at this time. From a desktop and laptop perspective, then, Red Hat is a null set," he said in explaining why HP turned to SuSE instead.
With analysts predicting annual growth rates for Linux on the desktop in the 25 to 30 percent range, HP sees an opportunity, and won't let its competitors--Sun and IBM, especially--get the jump on it. "We want to be part of that growth rate. HP will try to grow [its desktop Linux market] at least as fast as that, and, like any competitor, we hope it's even faster."
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