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BBC Increases Usage of Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ain't-that-spiffy dept.

JediGeek writes "The BBC signed a deal to use BMC Software's Patrol product suite to manage computers running Linux. The BBC said it would use BMC's Patrol for the next five years to improve the availability, performance and recoverability of its core applications and data. The article can be found at Yahoo "

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  1. Re:Great idea... by Matts · · Score: 2

    Most other Broadcasting companies don't have a web site/team as large as the BBC's. They might use Linux and you'd never hear about it.

    The BBC Online team actively encourage the replacement of NT (the default) with Linux on your workstation if it will help your productivity. Now if only I could find that Mandrake 6.0 cd I had lying around... :)

    perl -e 'print scalar reverse q(\)-: ,hacker Perl another Just)'

    --

    Matt. Want XML + Apache + Stylesheets? Get AxKit.
  2. Re:Great idea... by webslacker · · Score: 2

    Actually, there was a news article a while back about how MSNBC had to switch all their systems back from NT to Unix because NT just wasn't cutting it. Anyone know if that's still the case?