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Lawson Of Japan To Install 15,000 Linux Terminals

Posted by Hemos on from the feel-good-story dept.

debreuil writes: "A Reuters article reports a leading Japanese convenience store chain will install more than 15,000 IBM computers running Linux to allow for Web access in stores, in the largest commercial use of Linux to date. Great onigiri there too..." IBM, who sold the machines, is happy as can be, of course.

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  1. 2.4-fold increase? by pastie · · Score: 5

    This 2.4-fold increase would give Linux a 7.8 percent share of the overall server operating system market in 2000, compared to a 4.0 percent share the previous year, IDC Japan said.

    2.4, eh? Coincidence? I think not ;-)

  2. Not Linux Workstations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    The appliances are Windows. The servers are Linux. From zdnet: "IBM (NYSE: IBM) said the deal calls for nearly every one of Lawson's 7,600 stores to install two Linux servers, which will feed Windows-based "Loppi" self-service multimedia terminals. "