Channel, channel channel....
So, the hp channel partners that come our way have usually spent lots of time and money getting staff accredited on a slew of M$ products, partly so they can differentiate themselves from the "tin-shifter" resellers that don't even know how to spell enterprise. Those expensively trained staff were supposed to make money back for the channel partners by selling the configuration services most customers would need to put the individual hp and M$ products together, so how do they feel if hp and M$ take away all the advantage those accredited staff give them by selling pre-configured solutions? Same goes for outsourcers - who needs to buy expensive hosting if the boxes comes pre-built? Is hp (and no doubt Dell, IBM and Fujitsu with their versions) going to allow the tin-shifters to sell these?