Lenovo says it is not deleting Linux

OVER THE WEEKEND Lenovo seemed fairly certain that it was dumping Linux. Now it says it is not.

Frank Kardonski, Lenovo's worldwide product manager for its 3000 series, had indicated that Linux support was being dropped. He told CRN fairly specifically that "We will not have models available for Linux, and we do not have custom order, either. What you see is what you get. And at this point, it's Windows."

Sounds fairly clear to us Frank, particularly after Lenovo signed a one year deal $1.2bn with Microsoft a few weeks ago. However late yesterday it seems that Frank was wrong.

A spokesLenovo was insisting that Kardonski's remarks had been "misinterpreted", and added that the company would later issue a full statement on the matter. It seems that Linux vendor Red Hat was a bit surprised by Kardonski's remarks as everyone in the office is using Lenovo or IBM ThinkPads.

Even more here.