Japan To Do Payroll On Linux

strannik writes "Yahoo/Reuters is reporting that the The Japanese Government will use Linux for it's payroll system. Fujitsu LTD, IBM Japan LTD and OKI Electronic Industry Co. will develop the system by March of 2004. The new system is expected to halve operating costs (to about 350 Billion Yen a year)."

Comments

Big Rin for Rinux!

[Pii]

Sorry... Just a rittle Japan bashing humor. Move along.

Re:Operating Costs != Cost of Ownership?

[Pieroxy]

Windows admins make a lot less than *nix admins

Because:
1. They suck
2. Their OS suck
3. It's so much easier to put together a cluster of Windows machines when you don't know a lot about it that a cluster of *nix.

Seriously though, a *good* Windows admin cost probably as much as a good *nix admin

WAR?

[locarecords.com]

I think it will be interesting when historians look back at this time and register it as the end of technological supremecy for the US and the start of EU/China/Japan who are all profiting from the massive transfer from the US of their advantage in technology, skills and people who can produce complex operating systems...

What will happen to these Open Source/Free software principles when war is declared? Everyone knows everybody elses secrets... and faults...

I just hope they all stay friends....

Re:Darl's trip

[sharkey]

Poor transcript, here's the original:

Honolaber Dal McBlide, Empelol of Evil Empile SCO,

We leglet to infolm you that youl class and stupid pubric lemarks legalding the honoled and leveled Rinux opelating system have deepry offended oul nation and furthel disglaced youlserf. Hele is youl tanto. Youl letainel Chlis Sontag will be standing by with katana to fulthel herp you comprete youl lituar suicide.

Make youl time,
Japan