From: "Wonko the Sane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If nothing else, the chances that the Linux-based vehicles will "crash" is > substantially reduced. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also: Inspector Clouseau will be happy: ........................................... "French police plan Windows-free jails, offices" --------------------------------------------------------- The French gendarmerie has blown a big framboise at Microsoft by ditching Windows XP in favour of Ubuntu. The paramilitary police force is to switch 70,000 desktops over to the Linux OS, two years after switching its browsers to Firefox, and three years after dumping MS Office for OpenOffice. Deputy director of the force's IT department Colonel Nicholas Geraud said the change will be gradual, according to the AFP. 5,000 to 8,000 machines are to make the switch this year, with the rest swapping over the next four years. Geraud cited familiar reasons for the switch: diversifying suppliers, reducing costs and gaining control of the software. He claimed the switch to open source products was saving the department around ?7m a year. The 100,000 strong force's leap to open source software is thought to be one of the biggest yet by a public organisation......snip http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/30/french_open/ ....................................... Note: Also read somewhere that Microsoft is hard at work on Windows 7. Gerry
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