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McDonald's Germany Moves to SuSE Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the would-you-like-fries-with-that dept.

sglafata writes "Novell has made an announcement that McDonald's is moving towards Linux. 'With more than 30,000 restaurants around the globe and more than 1,200 in Germany alone, McDonald's is the undisputed market leader in the fast food sector.'"

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  1. soo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    so, are they going to start serving penguinburgers?

    1. Re:soo... by tokachu(k) · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think you mean "lizardburgers", as it's SuSE. In that case, it starts today.

      In other news, will SCO be suing them later for either health problems or copyright infringment?

    2. Re:soo... by Lshmael · · Score: 4, Funny

      I assume you missed "Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower?" from yesterday.

    3. Re:soo... by Deltan · · Score: 3, Funny

      How do you know the meat the serve already isn't penguin?

    4. Re:soo... by ComaVN · · Score: 4, Funny

      How do you know it's meat?

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    5. Re:soo... by frs_rbl · · Score: 5, Funny
      From SCO's site (no link to increase their page rank) Think they're going to sue one of their own clients for copyright infringement? ;-) Sour pill to swallow...

      Case Study: McDonald's

      "The everyday business of a McDonald's restaurant requires a stable operating system that can give round-the-clock performance," said John Doty, Director of US Information Technology for McDonald's Corporation's Store Systems. "We are very pleased with the performance of SCO UNIX®. SCO's platform has provided us with a very stable and reliable system. SCO UNIX® has been a dependable platform for thousands of McDonald's restaurants over the past 10 years and we're looking forward to migrating our restaurants to the current version."

      McDonald's Serves It Up with SCO UNIX® World's Largest Restaurant Food Chain Planning Migration to Latest SCO UNIX® Platform in Over 4,000 Stores; SCO OS Increases Networking Capabilities and Reduces Costs

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    6. Re:soo... by perly-king-69 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Because a multi-national corporation is hardly likely to lie to us now, is it. Oh, hold on...

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    7. Re:soo... by transient · · Score: 4, Funny
      True story:

      I had a teacher in high school who was really, really allergic to beef. When I say "allergic" I'm talking about a trip to the hospital, all kinds of drugs, and he'd still be vomiting for hours. One day, this teacher had a hamburger at McDonald's.

      Nothing happened to him.

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    8. Re:soo... by asr_man · · Score: 4, Funny

      SCO's lovin' it!

    9. Re:soo... by bigboard · · Score: 3, Funny

      how much would it cost to ship roadkill kangaroos from australia?

      African or European kangaroos?

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  2. Will they... by flewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will they use the money saved to use better meat?

    Or should I say, will they use the money saved to buy ACTUAL meat?

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    1. Re:Will they... by Dominic_Mazzoni · · Score: 3, Funny

      Will they use the money saved to use better meat?

      McDonald's burgers. Not meaty enough for carnivores. Not meatless enough for vegetarians. Why do people eat them? Oh yeah, fast and cheap.

  3. Robble Robble by buckhead_buddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the Hamburglar was already working with SCO.
    Would this be a conflict of interest?

  4. Take this, SCO ! by forged · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dear Darl,

    Time to update your success story pages again.

    Regards,
    Linus

  5. I wonder. . . by Brissie_lad · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . . if Darl is dreaming of a McLicense with Coke®?

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    1. Re:I wonder. . . by RPoet · · Score: 3, Funny

      In fact, looks like he's already flipping burgers.

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  6. I'm conflicted.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm conflicted. Part of me wants to jear, because I'm told McD is evil and I should hate it without question. And part of me wants to chear, since I'm told to support leenux without question. My knees don't know which way to jerk!

  7. Re:Not much behind this really... by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny
    "FTP" hardly strikes me as a core service for a fast-food company.

    Actually, the Fries Transfer Protocol is definitely a core service.

  8. Bad for MacDonalds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Without the power of Windows they'll be bankrupt within months. I know that because I have a certificate.

  9. yes they are by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    McDonald's is trying to make new inroads with the wildlife-loving set. After penguin burgers they will be introducing the wildly successful Baby Seal breakfast sausage. But the tastiest addition to their menu will be the Bald Eagle McNuggets. Yum!

  10. Another v.bad joke... by CdBee · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..Thought Linux didn't have driver support for their chips...

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  11. Reminds me of by mqRakkis · · Score: 5, Funny
    Reminds me of this bit in drivers/net/sunhme.c:
    static void happy_meal_tcvr_write(struct happy_meal *hp,
    unsigned long tregs, int reg,
    unsigned short value)
    {
    int tries = TCVR_WRITE_TRIES;

    ASD(("happy_meal_tcvr_write: reg=0x%02x value=%04x\n", reg, value));

    /* Welcome to Sun Microsystems, can I take your order please? */
    if (!(hp->happy_flags & HFLAG_FENABLE))
    return happy_meal_bb_write(hp, tregs, reg, value);

    /* Would you like fries with that? */
    hme_write32(hp, tregs + TCVR_FRAME,
    (FRAME_WRITE | (hp->paddr << 23) |
    ((reg & 0xff) << 18) | (value & 0xffff)));
    while (!(hme_read32(hp, tregs + TCVR_FRAME) & 0x10000) && --tries)
    udelay(20);

    /* Anything else? */
    if (!tries)
    printk(KERN_ERR "happy meal: Aieee, transceiver MIF write bolixed\n");

    /* Fifty-two cents is your change, have a nice day. */
    }
    1. Re:Reminds me of by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny
      I got an error from FreeBSD the other day saying:
      ep0: 3c509 in test mode. Erase pencil mark!
      To my surprise, it actually did mean exactly what it said.
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  12. Two Completely Unrelated Headlines by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    McDonald's Germany Moves to SuSE Linux

    and

    Is the Linux Desktop Getting Heavier and Slower?

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  13. I know /. is e geek place by SpaghettiPattern · · Score: 3, Funny

    But stop calling McDonalds's quick & dirty energy salons "restaurants".

    It's like saying "the MS-DOS operating system". Clueless people like it that way and all others.... Oh forget it

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  14. Re:Not much behind this really... by Feztaa · · Score: 5, Funny

    PR was sleeping, and yet sleeping.

  15. Imagine a beowulf cluster of.... by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 5, Funny

    no, wait. I guess that's called a franchise.

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  16. In the other news... by jabapi · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... McDonald's announced their latest delicious product, McBride Meal.

  17. Re:Well now... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll lose a lot of karma making mistakes like that.

    No wait, my bad. I was totally wrong. You'll get BOTH posts modded up. Can I have a +4 insightful for pointint out my mistake?

  18. Now that McDonald's is going open source by Gary+Destruction · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will we finally find out what the secret recipe for Big Mac sauce is?

  19. Re:Goodbye SCO by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the interest of providing optimal posts, I will now edit your message.

    Poor SCO, McDonalds was their customer.

    Thank you for your patience.

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  20. Educational services. by mshiltonj · · Score: 4, Funny

    McDonald's is the undisputed market leader in the fast food sector.

    This is why I like slashdot. It's so educational.

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  21. Re:Well now... by tomknight · · Score: 5, Funny

    Open sauce, of course.....

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  22. I always thought by Vitus+Wagner · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always thought that McDonalds is much like Microsoft - produces completely unedible product, but is obvois market leader and is known to everone.

  23. Serve them to fat clients by danormsby · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guess they'll be doing a complete install at every McDonald's as they love fat clients.

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  24. Soon no-one will be able to deny... by resprung · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...that Linux is getting bloated

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  25. You insensitive clod! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You just increased SCO's pagerank with keywords "success story"!

    Tell me, were you smoking something?

    1. Re:You insensitive clod! by akadruid · · Score: 3, Funny

      Litigious Bastards
      Bad OS for fast food

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  26. Their supplier? by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... and I suppose freshmeat.net will supply them with the meat?

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  27. Does this mean... by Handover+Slashdot · · Score: 4, Funny

    That Suse will now look fresh and tasty on the box, but the actual product you get will be sort of stale, brown and wilted?

    I seem to recall Michael Douglas going ballistic over this in a movie once...

  28. As McDonalds said to SCO.. by the_rajah · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Would you like salt with that wound, Mr. McBride?"

    Disclaimer: I'm not claiming that as an original quote on my part. Saw it on another forum and ROTFLMAO

    "Do the Right Thing. It will gratify some people and astound the rest." - Mark Twain

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  29. Penguins don't taste good by mangu · · Score: 3, Funny

    No bird that eats fish has meat worth eating by humans. There's a short story, by Jack London, IIRC, on a seagull recipe. It starts with a long list of ingredients and preparation steps, and ends with something like "...then throw it all away and get something else to eat. Nothing tastes as bad as seagull".

  30. Linux in McDonalds ? by moro_666 · · Score: 3, Funny

    wow, i can already imagine

    kid : "Hey dad, what's that wierd thing in my burger instead of normal beef ?"
    dad: "It's tux, a penguin, the linux mascott, and we will have to eat it now cause it's cheaper and more reliable and is licenced under GPL, make sure you publish it later after you have altered it."

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