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Ford To Move To Linux

Posted by simoniker on from the welcome-to-model-free dept.

KingDaveRa writes "The Register is reporting that motor giant Ford is switching to Linux for its sales systems, human resources, customer relations and infrastructure, referencing a report in yesterday's Scotland on Sunday. According to The Register, the biggest battle was over which Linux vendor to use - RedHat or SuSE." Update: 09/16 01:51 GMT by T : An anonymous reader points to this NewsForge report, according to which Ford is not moving to Linux.

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  1. Re:What about Burlington in 1999? by worm+eater · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For one thing, right now Linux is a hot news item, so people listen. Whereas the city of Munich changing OSs wouldn't be much of a story a few years ago, now it is. Of course, this doesn't mean everyone's going to switch, but one more major corp. switching to Linux, one more major Windoze worm outbreak, people start to notice.

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  2. Red Hat or SUSE? by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 5, Interesting
    One possible clue is a current consulting opportunity in Detroit, advertised on www.hotlinuxjobs.com:

    Red Hat System Administrator - Advanced Server
    Salary: 30-35/HR - Long Term Contract (1+ year) Detroit, MI -
    JOB DESCRIPTION: Participate in developing the Ford global RedHat (RH) Advanced Server (AS) 2.1 Linux load.
    ...