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Japan To Do Payroll On Linux

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:In keeping with new Linux system... by sloanster · · 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...

  2. Re:A good market by sisukapalli1 · · 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!

    S