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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. Why I hate Linux by lymond01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I used the USPS online system for creating my own package postage. I overestimated everything and the person who received the package still owed postage. If Linux can't do simple addition, I don't want my tax dollars paying for it. I'll just FedEx everything from now on...at least then I'm not wondering if I'm getting screwed or not. It's a given.

    [CLICK] That was the sarcasm filter turning off for those of you who didn't notice.