Linux in the US Federal Government?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday January 31, 2002 @02:30PM from the cost-effective-government dept.

Grech asks: "I work for a US federal agency that replaces its workstations and attendant software every 3-5 years. At the moment, the environment for most workers consists of an OS, an office suite, a UTS60 emulator, and an X Server. Logic seems to say that when all this gets ripped out and replaced in a year or so, it could be done cheaper with Linux, but a case will have to be made, and a strong one. I've got the arguments, but I need the numbers and the anecdotes to back up such a huge project."

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Hmm.. by danielrose · 2002-01-31 14:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Please phrase your question in the form of a question!

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i hate pansy republicans
Re:Born Again? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-31 14:51 · Score: 1, Funny

Damn, you can't moderate a -1 post as overrated.
aaaaghh, noo!!! by augros · 2002-01-31 15:37 · Score: 2, Funny

if the IRS ever goes linux, my lord, they'll be tax-collecting nightmares!!!