> The lead-in at Linux Today is kind of bizarre, because the link to the
> "complete story" is not to the Wall Street Journal, but BBC News at
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2023000/2023127.stm.  The
> article also talks as thought the announcement has already been made (which
> is probably true, since it was slated for this morning, Europe time).  The
> article doesn't give much real information, other than IBM will be providing
> SuSE-based Linux systems as part of a "public sector computer contract."

For the German speakers:

http://www.computerwoche.de/index.cfm?pageid=254&artid=36712

The gist is interesting.  I paraphrase the second paragraph very roughly:  "Following 
the
events of September 11, it is felt that public security can be better served by 
avoiding
monocultures such as Microsoft's Windows".

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