> Just out of curiousity has anyone tried contacting hp to see
> how interested they are in moving any open source sw or OS onto
> their hardware? I do not recall really seeing anything about that
> although Bruce Perens is with them now right?

HP is contributing to the PA-RISC Linux port, initially via some
hardware contributions and now with some full time developers as well.
Places you might look for more information include:

http://www.parisc-linux.org
http://www.hp.com/products1/linux/
http://www.hp.com/products1/linux/contribution.html

Regards,

Giles