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UK Government Reports Linux is 'Viable'
CProgrammer98 writes "The Beeb is reporting that The UK Office of Government Commerce has published their final results following trials on the use of OSS and especially Linux and they conclude that Linux is a viable option for government use. From their summary: 'The report shows that Open Source software is rapidly maturing, offers significant potential benefits to government and should be actively considered alongside proprietary alternatives. It concludes that decisions should be based on a holistic assessment of future needs, taking into account total cost of ownership, with proper consideration of both proprietary and open source solutions.'"
Her son is a Solaris person.
Omnis amans amens
Windows for warships is scary.
See also Groklaw's coverage of the Ballmer email
The unofficial
I never realised linux had reached a level of maturity that would mean that it is inefficient enough for the gov to even consider using it.
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sigs, as if you care.
In a stunning admission that post Ptolemaic science may in fact be an acceptable realm of study, the Vatican announced today that it is entirely plausible that gravity in fact, exists. This reverses nearly 2000 years of Christian theology which until now had answered such questions with "God says, case closed, now go home and make more Catholics."
For example, if their websever were using OSS, doubtless I'd be able to RTFA rather than getting 500 internal server error.