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Lockheed Replaces 10,000 Solaris Seats with Linux
bl8n8r writes "Citing hardware and software TCO, a source close to Lockheed Martin says the aeronautics giant will be replacing 10,000 of its Solaris seats with Linux. The article mentions AutoZone, IBM, SCO and Daimler Chrysler and what may be in store for Lockheed Martin.
'Every engineer has a Microsoft PC sitting next to their Sun Blade,' said their source. 'That's for business applications, and Linux is no threat there. It's Sun who has to worry.' Wait till they find out how much they can save running OpenOffice."
But won't they lose money by not using microsoft products? I've seen microsoft's stats...
Where can I get a linux powered seat?
Linux could be renamed to 'Eclipse' just based on what its doing to Sun...
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Oh ye of little faith...
They're laughing because they know they're next and there's nothing they can do about it?
[[ Insert obligatory joke about Windows and planes crashing here. ]]
I work in a company that does work for Lockheed, and they've been using Linux for quite a while. Even without this, they could still be targeted by litigious bastards. Good luck to SCO targeting Lockheed though. They're humongous and build fighter planes and nuclear submarines that could level the SCO headquarters with the push of a button!!!
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I see a lot of articles here where the slashdot crowd thinks that open source should be used everywhere, just because it's open source. Or just because the TCO is lower, or the licenses are cheaper, or the quality is higher.
I believe in free markets. Specifying software based on license, or even TCO or ability to meet requirements is *WRONG*. Lockheed martin should level the playing field and use every major OS on every employee's desk. Is it fair to Microsoft and Sun that just because their stuff costs more and has more bugs they should be locked out becuase of arbitrary decisions?
See, you don't understand, the reason this makes perfect sense they needed to save some money to pay for the Satellite they dropped on the floor so they said, "Hey! Lets quit paying maintenance on solaris!"
See, perfect sense!
Linux seats have more leg space than Microsoft seats or Solaris seats. I'll be travelling Tux class on my next flight.
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A local Aquatic Park had the lifegards surfing on their XP box until it was unusable.
Seems to me it takes only a minute of surfing on an XP box in an Aquatic Park (if possible at all) to make the box unusable. Even the most rugged laptop would be ruined pretty quickly.
Surely we don't need to have any more "another company using linux" news flashes.
Yes we do and don't call me Shirely.
I dare you to come after these guys! They've got frickin' MISSILES!!! "Deer in the headlights" my ass!
Our source - a komar.org elf who is close to the transition - said the migration represents only a fraction of what the future could hold. Apparently those 22K christmas lights only represent a fraction stored in the basement crawl space and they may be poised to switch over all of the lights, and also their Halloween Decorations.
Cost is the reason behind komar.org's switch. The web site is moving away from expensive Sun Solar power, expecting to save a bundle by using Wind Power. Apparently Wind Power has no problem reliably running the fancy software use to run the Christmas Webcam.
However, Utah Unix company SCO could throw a monkey wrench into komar.org's Wind Power plans. According to our elf, komar.org's lights are brigher than "a deer in the headlights" because of concern over SCO's legal threats over Wind Power usage.
SCO of course is the company that made quite a name for itself by suing DalmerChryslerAG and AutoZone Inc for using electricity, claiming that it's owed licensing fees because they have used both AC and DC power. Our elf hinted that a SCO lawsuit against komar.org could be on the horizon, saying that komar.org was approaching "DalmerChrysler and AutoZone territory" in terms of KiloWatts used.
SCO has also sued IBM, accusing it of also using electricity. And SCO has sent letters to hundreds more companies, threatening to sue if they don't fork over $699 for a SCO AC license, and offering a discounted price of $999 if they also obtain an SCO DC license at the same time.
Fortunately for komar.org elf's, the heart of SCO's case against DalmerChrysler was thrown out yesterday by Michigan judge Rae Lee Chabot. The only charge that will be heard in court is that the auto maker didn't respond quickly enough to a request from SCO for certification that it was not using SCO's patented AC and DC electricity. "It's a little unfortunate that it took a lawsuit for them to respond to what was a real simple letter asking them to certify," sniffed SCO spokesman Blake Stowell.
The Incredible Hulk, spokesmonster for komar.org, responded "Hulk SMASH Puny Human SCO - GGRRR!!!!"
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Great. Which Lockheed aircraft have these seats?