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Re: FAA Migrates To Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Saves $15 Million

  • Subject: Re: FAA Migrates To Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Saves $15 Million
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:14:45 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
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__/ [ Rick ] on Sunday 30 April 2006 00:08 \__

> On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:42:50 +0000, billwg wrote:
> 
>> "Au79" <au79@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > 
> > > EFYTimes - New Delhi,India
> > > 
> > > ... New Delhi: The US department of transportation's Federal Aviation
> > > Administration (FAA) has executed a major systems migration to Red Hat
> > > Enterprise Linux in one ...
> > > 
> > > <http://www.efytimes.com/fullnews.asp?edid=11550>
> > 
> >
>> "By migrating from a costly UNIX platform to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on
>> its workstations, servers and at the hub site, the FAA was able to
>> eliminate costs and ineffective systems."
>> 
>> That just goes to show how inefficient and overpriced Unix really is.
> 
> .. much like ms software, which did not replace the Unix software.

This conflicts with Microsoft's study, which said that ex-UNIX houses prefer
a migration to Windows. Even a large governmental body opted for Open
Source. Money was indeed saved by this move.

Best wishes,

Roy

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