____/ Peter Köhlmann on Tuesday 22 January 2008 22:29 : \____
> Linonut wrote:
>
>> * Peter Köhlmann peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/102218
>>>
>>> Well, just 13.000 computers, our resident astroturfer Hadron Quark will
>>> claim. Certainly nothing worth mentioning, right, Hadron?
>>
>> More telling:
>>
>> The BA explained that the migration was necessary because, "The
>> previous combination of Windows NT and Internet Explorer could no
>> longer keep pace with technological developments in how current media
>> content is displayed and was not up to the demands of modern
>> hardware." In making the switch, the decision for Linux was based on
>> cost and security considerations.
>>
>
> And this little tidbit:
>
> /quote
> On the one hand, implementing Linux carried no licencing costs, on the other
> hand migrating the clients enabled standardised automation and maintenance
> procedures, since the BA servers also run Linux. Another plus are the
> flexible configuration possibilities with Linux.
> /unquote
>
> Now Hadron Quark will bully his way in again, screaming that we aren't
> talking servers.
> No, we aren't. This time. They use linux servers. *And* they use linux
> desktops. 13.000 of them
>
> Certainly no "company" Hadron Quark has ever seen would implement something
> like that. Not in germany, not nowhere else. Certainly not Munich or
> Schwäbisch Hall. Or the german police. Or the german "Bundestag". Or the
> german armed forces. It is just a hoax, and we should all prepare the
> tinfoil
>
> If that lying cretin could just see how ridiculous his claims are, and how
> they contradict everything he is astroturfing for (MS, naturally)
I saw this earlier and it's good news indeed. Don't let the trolls use the Big
Lie and take this reality away because no single company is there to /boast/
the migration and push it to the press (it's OpenSUSE 10.1 as I understand it,
not SLED).
Nortel might move all staff to Linux as well. That was reported just yesterday.
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