Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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
And Dell will have even /M O R E/ pressure to preinstall GNU/Linux.
"as Microsoft sells millions of dollars in software to the feds annually."
And why is the taxpayer shelling out one red cent to them?
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