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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)."
Redundant perhaps, but not Flamebait! When wiggys posted his comment mere seconds before I did, he got modded as Funny.
Besides, he didn't even fully commit to the bash... It was very timid, put into the form of a question even. I went "all in" on the jab.
Ahh... Saner moderators are checking in now, thank goodness. Well done gentlemen, well done. I fully expect Budweiser to run a "Real Men of Genius" radio ad dedicated to Slashdot moderators Real Soon Now[tm]. (Mr. Slashdot comment moderator... You know the tune.)
For those that would die defending it, Freedom
has a sweet taste that the protected will never know.
Don't mod trolls funny, it only encourages them!
Moderation: Put your hand inside the puppet head!
trying to be a righteous eye-for-an-eye troll? try again.
Support Israeli punk bands. Man Alive.
silly windoze troll - these guys don't get it.
Linux hackers get paid well, why would linux users have to work for free?
I sure don't...
Regarding trimming down the UI, well said. The main apps at my work I use are xemacs, gnome-terminal, and mozilla. I found gnome to be too meomory hungry, so I just switched to fvwm and bingo, my memory use went down by about 100 meg. Moreover, whenever I need nautilus, I just start it. Or, if I need a full fledged KDE or GNOME, all I need to do is switch the WM.
The interface I use on the desktop is similar to what I used about six years ago, all with the latest applications easily accessible. It speaks a lot about how one can have a uniform no frills linux installations for payrolls, with optional fancy "toppings".
Heck, on Windows XP, I cannot even disable the MSN messenger!
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translate something useful from a Japanese source. Or get back to your Kanji study.
"It's not your information. It's information about you" - John Ford, Vice President, Equifax
You are such a fucking bastard I will stick my finders into your eye sockets and pull your 'brain' out in two pieces. I will then shred and fry your brain with some garlic and eat it with a glass of Chenin Blanc.
I got your translation right here: "Anata wa mijuku na desu."
meta on topic: Good lord, if just one person found what I added interesting or useful, moderation or no, it was worth my time to post it. How much quality did you contribute?
That translates to "You (effeminate) are a uninformed."
You're using that dictionary too much and not looking at grammar enough - put a noun in there somewhere.
To this topic, I posted this.
"It's not your information. It's information about you" - John Ford, Vice President, Equifax