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[News] Large Company Migrates to GNU/Linux, Data Center Opens Up to FOSS

  • Subject: [News] Large Company Migrates to GNU/Linux, Data Center Opens Up to FOSS
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:31:14 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Decurion Corporation Migrates Ticket Sales Website to Full Suite of Red Hat
Solutions

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| Since implementing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Red Hat Enterprise 
| Linux and Red Hat Global File System for Decurion’s ArcLight Cinemas website, 
| the company has experienced enhanced support and increased performance, 
| scalability and cost-effectiveness.   
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080213/20080213005802.html?.v=1

The Expanding Role of Open Source in the Data Center

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| Many companies are using Linux, Apache and other open source software to 
| power Web and file servers, but when it comes to managing the data center, 
| most have held back.  
| 
| That hasn't stopped Sabre Holdings, a travel marketing and distribution 
| technology company in Southlake, Texas. Around 5,000 of Sabre's servers run 
| open source software, and half of those servers are in its Tulsa, Okla., data 
| center. "These products have now reached a level of maturity which is equal 
| to and, in some cases, better than their commercial counterparts. And they 
| will only get stronger from here," says Robert Wiseman, chief technology 
| officer at Sabre.      
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/61636.html


Recent:

French police deal blow to Microsoft

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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft 
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest 
| administrations in the world to make the break.  
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w


Nortel considers Linux desktops for its staff

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| Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak, who joined the Canadian telecoms and network 
| equipment vendor last July, said "more and more CIOs are looking at Linux 
| desktop for reasons of TCO" and argued that the technology "is receiving the 
| same level of attention today as when Linux started on servers."    
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http://www.mbtmag.com/articleXml/LN731846314.html

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