HP is doing much more with the Open Source community than just using Linux these days. According to eWeek, HP has partnered with JBoss Inc and MySQL AB. I think this is great.

HP, while they are not my favorite company for PCs really, is really making inroads with the Open Source crowd. With any luck, they will be able to contribute something that really makes a life changing difference for the companies that they have partnered with.

Efrain Rovira, Hewlett-Packard Co.’s worldwide director of Linux marketing, wants one thing perfectly clear: HP is taking Linux very seriously.

“Linux is a very important customer trend that goes beyond the operating system. Customers want to do a lot more with less money,” Rovira said. “We understand that, so we’ve made Linux one of our three key operating systems: Windows, Unix and Linux.”

HP’s open-source plans aren’t limited to Linux, though. The company recently partnered with open-source middleware vendor JBoss Inc. and database vendor MySQL AB.