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EDS' Secret Love For Linux Laid Bare

Posted by Zonk on from the wearing-flip-flops dept.

Ashcrow writes "'Only a day after flaming open source as insecure, unscalable and unfit for Australian consumption in its Agility Alliance, services vendor EDS has revealed it really does have a soft spot for the penguin deep in its heart.' Apparently the 'Linux environment provides a level of security and stability unavailable elsewhere' which differs from that they had said earlier."

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  1. sx by ovideon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. hi by opweirdisntit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hehe 1st post@! but not such a good topic for news.

  3. Mixed messages about Linux by ndogg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "It's secure!" says one message. "It's not secure!" says another, and back and forth as such.

    Wow, /. seems really confused over Linux lately.

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  4. I've actually found microsoft ads... by AI0867 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ..Stating that Windows Server 2003 is 14% cheaper than 'Linux'

    yeah, right.

    slightly offtopic, but whatever

  5. This is exactly what open source needs... by CarlinWithers · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    What open source needs is to be useful. Useful to the point that a company that has a vested interest in bashing it also uses it.

    There are a lot of people out there spreading a lot of FUD (in both camps). But at the end of the day the software that does the work well will win.

  6. Re:Good, 'cause they run our Linux boxes by demachina · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "...doubly so as I'm an Australian"

    What exactly is wrong with Australia, I really am curious. I was really hoping you would throw out Howard and the Liberals in the 2004 elections for backing the war in Iraq and being Bush and Blair's poodle. Was hoping this would knock one more leg out from under the coalition of the "willing" (sic). Is Australia still so infatuated with Britain that you have to emulate them and continue to support a so called "Liberal" party that is apparently really right wing and follow in Blair's footsteps by electing a prime minister(Howard) who is a Blair emulator and Bush poodle.

    I mean I totally understand why the U.S. votes for Bush, this country is full of clueless right wingers, religious zealots and FOX news pretty much tells them what to think. I was hoping the rest of the world still had a clue though. I wait with bated breath to see if Britain throws Blair out over Iraq and his poodledom.

    Australia doesn't get much coverage in the U.S., well no country gets any coverage in the U.S. except the U.S. and Israel, last summer I'd heard the Australian people were unhappy over Iraq and Howard was going to lose and then bam, he wins again. What happened?

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  7. Re:Good, 'cause they run our Linux boxes by say · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What exactly is wrong with Australia, I really am curious.

    Immigration policies.

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