http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7136841%255E15306,00.html
"Under Project Firefly, Telstra switched on a desktop trial in March using two flavours of Linux and a Citrix-based Windows system, aimed at shifting up to 85 per cent of its computing desktops to thin-client technology.
"Telstra chief information officer Jeff Smith said he was determined to end a history of internal duplication and technology incompatibility by deploying open-source software right across the telecoms giant, which spends $1.5 billion each year on information technology. He aims to slice this cost in half within three years.
"'I would see a big movement from Windows and Unix to Linux,' Mr Smith said. 'One of the by-products of Linux having its heritage in Unix is that it is a very stable operating system...
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