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Telstra To Put Linux On Desktop
StArSkY writes "The Australian has an article today outlining how Telstra, Australia's largest Telco, is switching to Linux and open source on the desktop. Their pilot has been quite successful, and improved stability has been noticed. On trial are Star Office, Gnome, Mozilla and Wyse. Spending AUD$1.5 Billion a year on IT, means Telstra using Open Source is a massive boost to Open Source developers and support professionals. Not mentioned in the Article is that Telstra also just Dumped IBM Global Services, and will be running IT in-house again! Telstra will be hiring Linux-savvy people I think..."
Biatch!
Can anyone recommend any linux-specific websites for picking up cheap distro cds from? Besides cheapbytes. Thanks. :-)
OK, so off topic now, but do you really think that it was Telstra who ripped off the investors in T2 (the sale of the second lot of Telstra shares for those not in AU)?
Do you not think that it could have been at least a little influenced by the fact that the government, the media and almost every second person was screaming from the hilltops that this was a good thing to get in to?
I think this hype would have caused a much larger initial price increase in stock than anything legal that Telstra may have had to say to increase the price...
Sounds like a great idea to me. I'm all for those sorts of practices, it certainly ends up putting more coin in your pocket. If you made more money being nice, don't you think everyone would do it?
Perhaps the answer to the problem of teenagers dropping bricks from motorway and railway bridges is to sue Tetris.
Who modded that 'insightful'?? Interesting, OK Informative, I'l buy it. Insightful?
You forgot to mention that their monopolistic tendencies are supported by our government.
I can't remember whose bright idea it was to "privatise" a government telco and let them keep and control all the infrastructure (which has caused a chronic shortage of expensive bandwidth in this country for almost a decade). But I'd certainly like to get them into one of these.
To know that you know what you know, and that you do not know what you do not know, that is true wisdom. --Scooby Doo
Of all the IT battles, this would be most awesome. Two of the biggest lying prick companies going at it!
Those who can, do. Those who cannot, sue.
M$ is at war with open source. Communication is a battle-ground, they have 50 billions US $ in cash, and slashdot is an open source communication focal point! Rumors:full-time paid people to be M$ friendly all over the Net! They are among us... moderating our forums...