Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ Linonut on Tuesday 04 March 2008 14:51 : \____
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>> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
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>>> 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.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
>>
>> March 2007. Any followup available? I'd be surprised if "the FAA"
>> would ultimately feel comfortable using Google Apps.
Anybody that can sit there with a straight face and say Google Apps/Docs are
as good as MS Office belongs in cola "advocating" Linux.
> They had some problems (probably Windows or something) later on:
Yeah. Probably.
> Major Flight Delays Caused By Glitch, Dense Fog
>
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>> AMR Corp.'s American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner acknowledged the
>> computer troubles and said the nation's largest carrier experienced
>> about 50 cancellations on the East Coast, with LaGuardia departures
>> being hit the hardest.
> `----
>
> http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_159145243.html
Done (no page). Is that because it's another year-old story you're
recycling because you're fresh out of lies for the day?
> If they moved to Linux, assuming it's not from Red Hat EL or Novell,
> you probably wouldn't even hear about it. Nobody knew just how much
> Fedora was using, until recently when someone took many photos there.
And we still don't know how much Fedora "was using".
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