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Linux Journal On Linux's Adoption In U.S. Courts

Posted by simoniker on from the guilty-of-being-a-penguin dept.

Sam Hiser writes "Tom Adelstein writes in Linux Journal that, technically, one-third of the U.S. Government has moved to Linux: its Third Branch, the Judiciary. That's 30,000 users across 800 locations, comprising the nation's Federal court system. Given our information overload, it's easy to miss the most significant kernels of news."

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  1. Yay! by REBloomfield · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now SCO owns the Judicial System..... what next, the Senate? ;)

  2. Re:Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do you want open source to die?

  3. Now that Linux is in the Courts... by spoonani · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can find Linux as the court stenographer. But he's just not transcripting dictated litigation. He's learning. He's adapting. Soon Linux will become the bailiff, judge, jury, court illustrator, public defender, janitor, and CourTV anchor.

    1. Re:Now that Linux is in the Courts... by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

      Soon Linux will become the bailiff, judge, jury, court illustrator, public defender, janitor, and CourTV anchor.

      So what role does that leave for Microsoft? The executioner?

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    2. Re:Now that Linux is in the Courts... by justanyone · · Score: 1, Funny

      Soon Linux will become the bailiff, judge, jury, court illustrator, public defender, janitor, and CourTV anchor.

      dum-da-da-dah-dum, dum-da-da-dah-dum (tune of March of the Valkiries) HERE COME DA PENGUIN! HERE COME DA PENGUIN! (reference to Flip Wilson on Laugh-In)

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    3. Re:Now that Linux is in the Courts... by anonicon · · Score: 2, Funny

      "So what role does that leave for Microsoft? The executioner?"

      Aaah, now that would be a fine role for them, sonny. Certainly nothing spells r-e-p-r-i-e-v-e like an innopportune blue screen of death. :-)

    4. Re:Now that Linux is in the Courts... by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Court Jester, perhaps..

  4. Have to be careful by L.+VeGas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe this is all part of a secret Finnish plan for world domination.

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    1. Re:Have to be careful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I for one, welcome our new santa claus and easter bunny overlords

  5. Best. Quote. Ever. by Noryungi · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:

    Finally, consider that while an allegation of copyright infringement exists in the Federal Courts today, those same courts have decided to migrate to the alleged perpetrator in that case. It's something to consider. As Søren Kierkegaard once said, "Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do."

    Now, why on earth did I think about SCO reading this paragraph? ;-)

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  6. Damn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    30,000 Linux users? That's a LOT of greased Yoda dolls.

  7. I can't wait... by Electric+Monk · · Score: 5, Funny

    for SCO to start sueing the Courts for copyright infringement.

    SCO: "You owe us money!"
    AOUSC: "Prove it."
    SCO: "Pay up or we'll sue!"
    AOUSC: "Go on then."
    SCO: "Oh b...."

  8. Oh, news writers and their puns. by djdanlib · · Score: 1, Funny

    Significant kernels of news! Ha ha! Get it?

  9. Our founding fathers intended… by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...a balance of power between the three branches. In their original writings they had envisioned the judiciary running Linux, the legislature running NT, and the executive branch would run AmigaDOS. They just couldn't see far enough into the future to see Commodore completely ruin the Amiga's future.

  10. Interesting, the judges use Linux... by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am glad the people deciding "right" from "wrong" figured out it would be "wrong" to run Microsoft Windows, and "right" to run Linux. That's cool.

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