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MA Dept. of Revenue consider Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-fear-the-penguin dept.

hansroy writes "Massachusetts Department of Revenue is still using Windows 95 on the desktop. Faced with upgrade costs of $500-600 per user, they're considering Linux at about one-third the cost. This comes at a very good time, as the new governor of MA is making significant budget cuts this year."

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  1. Dumb quotes by anomaly · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When every word you say is recorded, it's not hard to find stupid things that were said by leaders.

    "I created the Internet"

    "I may not have been the greatest president, but I've had the most fun eight years."

    "Just try to imagine what it would be like to be 300 million years old." -- President Clinton in Ashe County, N.C. He was speaking on the banks of the New River, which scientists say is the oldest river in the United States.

    --
    But Herr Heisenberg, how does the electron know when I'm looking?
  2. obligatory simpsons quote by thdexter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    % Americatown is themed with a random assortment of United States politics and
    % pop culture. Each table is shaped like a state. The Simpsons sit at
    % Massachusetts.

    Homer: I can't believe they stuck us at Taxachusetts! [points to table] Hey, you know, I once knew a man from Nantucket.
    Bart: And?
    Homer: Let's just say the stories about him are greatly exaggerated.
    Waiter: Howdy gangstas! I'm average American Joe Salaryman waiter.
    Bart: These prices suck! 10,000 yen for coleslaw?
    Lisa: Don't you serve anything that's even remotely Japanese?
    Waiter: Don't ask me; I don't know anything! I'm product of American education system. I also build poor-quality cars and inferior-style electronics.
    Homer: [cackles] Oh, they got our number!

    --
    I'm on a road shaped like a figure eight; I'm going nowhere but I'm guaranteed to be late.