Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| 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.
> `----
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
>
> And Dell will have even /M O R E/ pressure to preinstall GNU/Linux.
The question is going to become whether the US government's agencies
have more power than Microsoft. At this stage, I would say that they do
not.
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