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US Postal Service Moves To GNU/Linux
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."
Damit.. now I'll never complete my collection of BSOD stamps...
For that price, you can send a standard letter anywhere in the US (including the non-continental US) usually arriving in less than 5 days with a loss rate of virtually zero.
Oh man, you're killing me. Good one.
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Why would you get mail on Sunday you dumb dork? Mail volume is declining because your fukin generation text messages everyone. Taking a shit? Send them a message on Twitter. Just stubbed your toe? Send a tweet. Scratched your ass? Tell the few losers that follow you on Twitter.
When you start using the USPS for that type of information, then there will be Sunday deliveries.
Did you just compare the geographical sizes of US and Germany? I believe that US is just a "bit" more than 4 times larger than Germany....
Try sending a letter to Alaska or Hawai'i - it won't arrive within the week, if it arrives at all. And of course you can send a letter from Germany to the UK for 70 cents, and it will still be quicker than domestic USPS.
Also: the size of the US is no excuse for losing mail.