__/ [ 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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