* Roy Schestowitz fired off this tart reply:
> FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
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>| Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
>| hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
>| deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
>| Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
>| computers pass their shelf life.
> `----
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> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
They'd better start now. The Munich example indicates some of the
difficulties of a transition.
You need a lot of chemo for the Microsoft cancer.
> Can Google and Linux Topple Microsoft?
>
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>| The story had a certain flair. In early March, the chief information
>| officer of the Federal Aviation Administration, David Bowen, was
>| reportedly considering forsaking Microsoft Windows and Office in
>| favor of the Linux operating system and the Web-based Google Apps
>| Premium office suite.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57534.html
This wouldn't topple MS. It might be able to offer them some
competition.
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Tux rox!
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