It is uncertain whether HP can pull all of this off, much less embrace the urgency Fiorina is trying to impose.

FORBES: All Carly, all the time

It's all part of her vision of HP's leading a commerce-rich "Chapter 2 of the Internet, " (skipping past its absence from Chapter 1).

FORBES: All Carly, all the time

Canonical currently serves the leading PC OEMs: ASUS, Dell, HP, and Lenovo all certify the majority of their PCs on Ubuntu and pre-install it in global markets.

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