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[News] Almost 1 in 10 in UK Magazine Poll Use GNU/Linux on Desktop, Linux Machines Come From NHS Linux Club

  • Subject: [News] Almost 1 in 10 in UK Magazine Poll Use GNU/Linux on Desktop, Linux Machines Come From NHS Linux Club
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:44:15 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Why does Windows XP refuse to die?

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| A new poll into Operating System popularity 
| by a British computer magazine has revealed 
| that an incredible 37 percent of respondents 
| are still using Windows XP. That's more than 
| Windows 7 which managed to woo 30 percent of 
| the folk taking part, and Vista could only 
| garner a pretty poor 16 percent of support. 
| This being a PC magazine it should come as no 
| great surprise to see Linux being used by 8 
| percent of respondents and Mac OS by 7 
| percent.
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http://www.daniweb.com/news/story294897.html

NHS Linux Club Donates Computers to Needham Housing Authority

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| After a successful first year, the Needham 
| High School Linux Club delivered its first 
| batch of computers to residents of the 
| Needham Housing Authority. Penny Kirk, 
| Residents Service Coordinator, will 
| distribute them to families who have 
| requested them.
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http://needham.patch.com/articles/nhs-linux-club-donates-computers-to-needham-housing-authority


Recent:

Labour trumpets open-source success

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| Stephen Timms â currently the government
| minister in charge of Digital Britain â spoke
| to ZDNet UK to explain how the Labour Party
| stands on strengthening the digital economy,
| using open source in government IT and
| protecting consumer data, among other issues.
|
| [...]
|
| The NHS 'Spine' uses an operating system
| based on open source. At least 35 percent of
| NHS organisations covering almost 300,000
| users are supported by Linux infrastructure.
| GP applications running on Linux are being
| deployed â these are 'black boxes' that will
| handle key functions in GP surgeries.
| Hundreds of desktops across the NHS are
| running Linux.
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2010/04/12/labour-trumpets-open-source-success-40088567/
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