At the moment i'm working as an intern at the CWI (This is the dutch research centre on Maths and Computer science).
At this research centre, almost everyone of the research staff is using SGI's, Sun's or Linux desktops. However, these are gradually being replaced to almost all Linux machines. This means that there will be between 100 and 150 people working on Linux machines here.
Most servers will be running either on Solaris or Linux as well.
However, all the administrative personnel will still be working on Windows machines...
Some people here have been very pessimistic about the way this is going to be implemented. (Rightly so i might add!)
But there's an important note that they forgot to mention in this posting.
Access to these deposit boxes by citizens will only be allowed through terminals which are located at city halls.
With this restriction it becomes a whole lot easier to secure this kind of data. I mean there already is a network linking all city halls, which can only be used by government officials to enter data about people. I never heard of that network getting hacked.
The security of the data that is accessible by companies is a completely different story. I really don't think that that kind of data can be protected 100%, not if that kind of data is spread all over the place at dozens of different companies.
But then again, there's only data in there that you allowed to be public.
Er, no you can't send your Tax form over the internet.
They say that in the ads, to make it sound easy.
The thing it really does is use a phone to connect to a certain number and then sends the data. That's why it won't work when you have ADSL, cable or something like that.
I won't be surprised if this version will hit the warez-sites real soon and will be the most distributed version of this OS.
If they're really going to do that they'll be undermining their own plan...but then again, it IS micro$oft....
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At the moment i'm working as an intern at the CWI (This is the dutch research centre on Maths and Computer science).
At this research centre, almost everyone of the research staff is using SGI's, Sun's or Linux desktops. However, these are gradually being replaced to almost all Linux machines. This means that there will be between 100 and 150 people working on Linux machines here.
Most servers will be running either on Solaris or Linux as well.
However, all the administrative personnel will still be working on Windows machines...
Some people here have been very pessimistic about the way this is going to be implemented. (Rightly so i might add!) But there's an important note that they forgot to mention in this posting. Access to these deposit boxes by citizens will only be allowed through terminals which are located at city halls. With this restriction it becomes a whole lot easier to secure this kind of data. I mean there already is a network linking all city halls, which can only be used by government officials to enter data about people. I never heard of that network getting hacked. The security of the data that is accessible by companies is a completely different story. I really don't think that that kind of data can be protected 100%, not if that kind of data is spread all over the place at dozens of different companies. But then again, there's only data in there that you allowed to be public.
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Er, no you can't send your Tax form over the internet. They say that in the ads, to make it sound easy. The thing it really does is use a phone to connect to a certain number and then sends the data. That's why it won't work when you have ADSL, cable or something like that.
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I won't be surprised if this version will hit the warez-sites real soon and will be the most distributed version of this OS. If they're really going to do that they'll be undermining their own plan...but then again, it IS micro$oft....