Japan To Do Payroll On Linux

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 9, 2003 @06:03AM from the upstart-operating-system dept.

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)."

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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

fp frosty posty
1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  there has to be a way to get free food. free as in beer. for that matter, there has to be a way to get free beer. one time i was going to the store with my sister and she told me that i had to go home because i was weird. so i went home and my mom told me that i have to go to the store with my sister becasue she didn't want me around when her friends were there because i'm weird. so i just went to the river and started walking to the shore because i love to find pieces of trash and junk on the way. sometimes there are just soda cans and i leave them for the bumbs but sometimes there are really interesting things like a burned out car or a smelly couch. this time i found a large tire about as tall as me. inside it there was a bunch of dead animals i couldn't identify. they were really really smelly and there were all kinds of flys and stuff so i didn't get too close to them. i kept walking towards the shore because that tire freaked me out. eventually i made it to the shore. so i walked down the shore and looked for stuff in the sand. after a while i saw another huge tire but there was nothing dead inside it this time. i wonder what kind of equipment uses a tire so bug? i wonder why they were so far apart? why did one have dead things in it? my head hurts.
2. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 08:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Bset. Psot. Eevr.
  
  You should write professionally.
FP! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

In soviet Russia, linux pays Japan a beowolf cluster of hot grits down Natalie Portman's petrified pants. Inconcievable!
350B Yen by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

350 Billion Yen....
That will buy you a pack of gum right???
Re:Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

More like the other way around... If it was called Rinux then they'd call it Linux
Gah by Pinguu · 2003-07-09 06:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I sent in the same story but with links to all the companies about 4 hours ago.

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Slashdot: News for Nerds. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Stuff that matters!
Racism is NOT FUNNY by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Who is this racist comment funny?
Re:Linux? by Rinikusu · 2003-07-09 06:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I wonder if someone around here will get the point of this post.. ;)

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Re:Big Rin for Rinux! by Pii · 2003-07-09 06:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Flamebait!
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.)

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Re:Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

No, I thought it was hiraious!
Troll troll troll troll.... by Marx_Mrvelous · 2003-07-09 06:36 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Don't mod trolls funny, it only encourages them!

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Re:It's about time by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

How did that get modded insightful?
Re:Linux? by fussman · 2003-07-09 06:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

trying to be a righteous eye-for-an-eye troll? try again.

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Re:In keeping with new Linux system... by sloanster · 2003-07-09 06:46 · Score: 1, Offtopic

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...
Re:Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 06:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

hiraious? did you mean hilarious? -- Ghey nazi
Re:A good market by sisukapalli1 · 2003-07-09 06:48 · Score: 1, Offtopic

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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Re:Linux? - stop getting off on details and ... by BillsPetMonkey · 2003-07-09 06:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

translate something useful from a Japanese source. Or get back to your Kanji study.

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YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 07:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Do I Fail It???

Yes, YOU FAIL IT!
Re:Linux? by Uber+Banker · 2003-07-09 08:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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.
Re:Linux? - stop getting off on details and ... by slide-rule · 2003-07-09 08:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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?
Re:Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-09 09:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Brain is far more like white meat. Have you ever eaten brain? It is like sweetbreads.

It is somewhat fatty, somewhat meaty. Pan fry with sliced garlic, add some thyme, serve with a spicy salad (rocket?), maybe some croutons, let the juices of the cooked meat run through the salad. Nice. Eat outdoors on a warm summer evening with a glass of Chenin Blanc (which is best suited to rich seafood like lobster, crab, prawn and meats like brain and sweetbread).

BTW - human flesh is more like wild boar, so whether it suits red or white wine depends on the cooking style rather than the meat. Some white meats go well with red if cooked nice and spicy, likewise, redmeat or smoked meat can be cooked in a creamy gentle sauce and go well with white.
Re:Linux? - stop getting off on details and ... by BillsPetMonkey · 2003-07-09 10:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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.

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