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US Postal Service Moves To GNU/Linux

Posted by kdawson on from the cobol-package-management dept.

twitter writes "The US Postal Service has moved its Cobol package tracking software to HP machines running GNU/Linux. 1,300 servers handle 40 million transactions a day and cost less than the last system, which was based on a Sun Solaris environment." The migration took a year. The USPS isn't spelling how big the savings are, except that they are "significant."

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  1. Sure, runs on GNU/Linux by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Except it's GNU/Linux running COBOL code.

    I'm sure I could get a dramatic speed improvement running Apple II 6502 code on an emulator on a Mac Pro simply because the emulator can run faster than the original hardware.

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  2. Re:A year? by FudRucker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    if they switched to ms windows we would be paying 50 bucks to mail a letter by now

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