____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 28 August 2007 03:26 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> The Germany military already uses Red Hat, IIRC. Time for the
>> government to follow and for Berlin not to say 'nein'.
>
> Dunno about the military or government, but didn't you post a link some
> time ago that showed something like 90(ish)% of German businesses use
> GNU/Linux? I remember reading something along those lines, and thinking
> how impressive a figure it was.
But not at full capacity, I think. They have it 'in house', but they probably
also have Windows in the networked desktop, which pretty much compromises the
entire framework. The businesses need to be cleaned up because the weakest
link defines the fragility of the overall thing.
A study in the UK showed, IIRC, that in the UK, 2/3 of the business have their
security compromised. It's reassuring, isn't it? UK is virtually a Microsoft
software greenhouse (and the government, including Gordon Brown, actively
helps it). The Greens and Tories promise change (strong open source policies),
but it remains to be seen if it's just a publicity stunt for the elections.
--
~~ Best of wishes
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