Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:12:27 05/31/02
Linux gains in government Open-source system wins favor in US, abroad By Associated Press, 5/30/2002 NEW YORK - Linux, the open-source operating system with an outsider mystique, is now proliferating on powerful government computer systems in the United States and abroad with technology giants increasingly providing support. At a Tokyo trade show on Friday, IBM Corp. was announcing the sale of more than 75 Linux-based computer systems to US agencies including the Air Force, the Defense, Agriculture, and Energy departments and the Federal Aviation Administration. Overseas, Linux systems help keep order in Germany's parliament and China's post office, France's culture, defense, and education ministries and other federal agencies in Europe and Asia. ''It's an interesting trend and we're seeing a lot of organizations who are very interested in open source software in general and Linux in particular,'' said Dan Kusnetzky of the technology research firm IDC. Unlike most commercial software, the underlying code in open source software is free and benefits from continual scrutiny and improvements made by a community of programmers. Backers say that makes Linux more stable and secure than, say, Microsoft products - a claim Microsoft and others dispute. Hewlett-Packard Co. recently sold its second Linux system to the US Department of Energy - a $24.5 million computer fingered as the world's most powerful Linux configuration. The Energy Department will use the machine for biological and environmental research. ... http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/150/business/Linux_gains_in_governmentP.shtml (This link will probably cease working after today, EDT.)
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