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Lufthansa Systems Chooses Linux
Nice2Cats writes "Remember all of the jokes about operating systems as airlines? Well, Heise is reporting that Linux is just going to take over the computer systems of Germany's airline Lufthansa instead. SuSE and Lufthansa Systems have a joint press release (in German, it should appear here when it comes out in English) out where Karlheinz Natt from Lufthansa Systems gushes (my translation): 'We are registering a steadily increasing demand for Linux-based solutions from our customers.' "
This is an agreement between Suse and Lufthansa Systems, which is the IT consulting branch of Lufthansa. This does not mean that Lufthansa itself will switch to Linux. It means that Lufthansa Systems sees a higher demand of Linux by its customers...
"Lufthansa Systems" is a spin-off company from "Lufthansa" the airline. They provide IT to many companies, airlines (e.g. Lufthansa") and others. This does _not_ mean, that Lufthansa (the airline) will switch to linux. "Lufthansa systems" has provided Linux support for quite a while to customers who request this. This means that the number of customers is increasing beyond the limit where "LH Systemes" can satisfy the demand on their own, and/or that they are not (yet?) willing to enlarge their linux department.
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Lufthansa Systems belongs to the worldwide leading IT-serviceproviders for the airlines.
This means that the customers are the airlines not the passengers. I would have thought this was pretty clear from context. But perhaps you do not know how the airline industry works. They typically split up different activities up in companies so you have "Airline AAA catering" "Airline AAA maintenance" "Airline AAA luggage losing". Then it is not unusual for these sub companies to provide services for other airlines. After all if you have 1 line flying into a destination it makes more sense to use the services of a rival then to setup youre own company.
So anyway this is just a normal line said by almost all big IT suppliers. That more and more customers are asking about solutions that include linux as opposed to the other Unixes and Windows.
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So this deal really doesn't have a lot to do with Lufthansa itself. They're only now starting to offer linux solutions which previously they didnt.
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Lufthansa Systems GmbH, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines AG, is an IT service provider focused on the airline industry (as opposed to an IT devision focused exclusively on the parent company's IT needs.)
The press release announces that Lufthansa Systems will be offering Linux solutions due to customer demand. It does *not* state which of its customers are demanding Linux. In particular, one would expect that if the parent company were planning to deploy Linux in its airline operations, this fact should have been mentioned in the press release.
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Well, the press release states Lufthansa Systems will start offering Linux to its customers. For some reason, Lufthansa Systems is not Lufthansa the airline, but a 100% subsdiary of the company that focuses on IT for airlines. I assume their major customer is Lufthansa itself, and the list of press releases on their website confirms that they do work for other airlines and even a bank!
I know the "department" that does maintenance on their planes is also its own separate subsdiary. Maybe it's a way for the company to keep costs down, if their own subsdiary demands too high a price, they can always threaten to go elsewhere.
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Given that Microsoft's German (maybe even European) headquarters is located in the suburbs of Munich, I'm afraid Munich will be the most likely destination of Microsoft executives in that area...