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British Health System Looks at Linux

Posted by michael on from the stop-the-spread-of-viruses dept.

DanBrusca writes "The Observer is reporting that Britain's biggest employer, the National Health Service, may ditch Microsoft due to mounting licence costs. 'Richard Granger, NHS IT director, has ordered a trial of a Linux-based system from Sun Microsystems as part of a UKP2.3 billion computer modernisation plan. The plan could see Java Desktop software rolled out across the NHS's 1 million staff and 800,000 computers to replace Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office suite of programmes.'"

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  1. Re:And just what's wrong with that? by DrMrLordX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Please mod parent up. This is a good summation of just how bad socialized medicine can get.

    +5 informative all the way.