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The FAA Saves $15 Million by Migrating to Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the new-hat-means-cheaper-bills dept.

Neopallium writes "Red Hat has announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) saved the federal government more than $15 million in datacenter operating and upgrading costs by migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The FAA executed a major systems migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in one-third of the original scheduled time and with 30 percent more operational efficiency than the previous system."

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  1. More of these types of success stories by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    We need more of these types of success stories about using Linux. Especially when governments are involved. I do wonder two things:

    1: How hard did Microsoft fight to try and keep the FAA in the fold?
    2: How hard did Microsoft fight to try and suppress or diminish the results of their switch?

    I suspect a lot in both cases, which makes all this even more surprising. All things considered, Microsoft needs some real competition. Once they get it, all the rest of us will benefit.

    --
    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  2. But... by ortcutt · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Considering that Federal Government pisses away $15 million every two hours in Iraq, it hardly makes a dent.