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:stuff: NZ Post Chooses Windows 2000 over Linux
stuff: NZ Post Chooses Windows 2000 over Linux
Feb 10, 2003, 19 :00 UTC (42 Talkback[s]) (11472 reads)
(Other stories by Tom Pullar-Strecker)

"NZ Post will move the point-of-sale systems at its 320 Postshops to Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system by next month after studying, but ultimately rejecting, open source rival Linux.

"Technology architecture director Stuart Wakefield says the state-owned enterprise undertook an extensive evaluation of Linux for three months with its IT technology partner, Datacom.

"Mr Wakefield says Windows won out when support and management costs, migration timeframes and costs, and remote support options were factored in..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
you must admit, it is amusing when the ...   this is news?   
rday
Feb 10, 2003, 19:07:41  
Used to be news when someone decided to ...   Hmm   
Micah
Feb 10, 2003, 19:07:51  
check out datacom:http://www.datacom.co. ...   what do you expect from a M$ shop   
yuri vil
Feb 10, 2003, 19:23:59  
While I realize that we're not going ...   I don't get it   
Jason Lee
Feb 10, 2003, 19:25:46  
Out of the frying pan and into the fire. ...   Out of the frying pan and into the fire....   
Bart Dorsey
Feb 10, 2003, 19:26:31  
This is a very forward going decision. M ...   When is end of life for Windows 2000?   
anon
Feb 10, 2003, 19:32:28  
Coming soon to NZ: the inability to sen ...   Heh   
d@
Feb 10, 2003, 19:32:42  
History is repeating: they're bettin ...   they chose OS/2 before   
raphinou
Feb 10, 2003, 19:33:09  
I find the following strange...>Technolo ...   Need a little more to it...   
norman
Feb 10, 2003, 19:39:56  
They truly are upgrading to a POS system ...   Well...   
Bastion
Feb 10, 2003, 19:40:54  
> The only thing I can see where Windows ...   Re: I don't get it   
Aaron J. Seigo
Feb 10, 2003, 19:57:10  
Wait !! Let me try saying that again. ...   Hey Look! Windows 2000 might really be better for   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Feb 10, 2003, 19:59:26  
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecyc ...   Re: When is end of life for Windows 2000?   
Jerry
Feb 10, 2003, 20:03:43  
History is repeating: they're bettin ...   Re: they chose OS/2 before   
David Johnson
Feb 10, 2003, 20:06:06  
We wanted to assess Linux and see whethe ...   reason for assessment   
bg
Feb 10, 2003, 20:13:35  
XP has been out for what, two years now? ...   Isn't This Bad Press For Microsoft?   
dprovine
Feb 10, 2003, 20:17:17  
Feb 10th, 2006: United Press Internation ...   A future headline?   
Me
Feb 10, 2003, 20:22:18  
http://www.datacom.co.nz/portfolio.asp?C ...   Datacom Portfolio - Microsoft NZ   
Hans Christian Studt
Feb 10, 2003, 21:21:40  
> check out datacom:> http://www.datacom ...   Re: what do you expect from a M$ shop   
bryan
Feb 10, 2003, 21:39:03  
I wonder if the supposedly higher costs ...   Support   
zaxis
Feb 10, 2003, 21:41:27  
> >Mr Wakefield says Windows won out whe ...   Re: Need a little more to it...   
Joe
Feb 10, 2003, 22:37:03  
I imagine they spent their time looking ...   Sounds like no Unix expertise...   
Scott Marlowe
Feb 11, 2003, 00:09:15  
Summary line from the report :"After exa ...   Forgot to add this paragraph   
steveoc
Feb 11, 2003, 00:52:52  
root# echo "Sounds like no Unix expertis ...   Re: Sounds like no Unix expertise...   
Rajendra
Feb 11, 2003, 00:55:32  
...in the public sector ia higher compar ...   bribery and corruption rate ...   
Xunil Ung
Feb 11, 2003, 01:06:15  
As a New Zealand Citizen this royally pe ...   Sad   
Jason Greenwood
Feb 11, 2003, 01:54:15  
$ lynx -dump -head http://www.datacom.co ...   www.datacom.co.nz is Microsoft Shop   
Xunil Ung
Feb 11, 2003, 03:04:54  
It seems to me that Microsoft should ha ...   Re: Isn't This Bad Press For Microsoft?   
Ken Beal
Feb 11, 2003, 03:38:22  
If your government is throwing away perf ...   time for voter recall   
penguinsan
Feb 11, 2003, 03:42:34  
>>otherwise, NZ post has no clue about G ...   Re: bribery and corruption rate ...   
Senkwe Chanda
Feb 11, 2003, 05:41:27  
All of our stores have a Windows-based b ...   Re: I don't get it   
celinocaliente
Feb 11, 2003, 06:25:55  
The remote manageability of Linux is sup ...   They were lied to. Again.   
Leon Brooks
Feb 11, 2003, 06:50:23  
What if they have a CAD program (for sak ...   Re: Re: Need a little more to it...   
Richard Corfield
Feb 11, 2003, 07:01:43  
With Win32 VNC, when I connect, I see e ...   Re: I don't get it (VNC)   
Jo Řiongen
Feb 11, 2003, 08:41:19  
> > >Mr Wakefield says Windows won out w ...   Re: Re: Need a little more to it...   
Calvin Kim
Feb 11, 2003, 09:54:49  
> XP has been out for what, two years no ...   Re: Isn't This Bad Press For Microsoft?   
moi
Feb 11, 2003, 10:00:23  
> check out datacom:> http://www.datacom ...   Re: what do you expect from a M$ shop   
steel
Feb 11, 2003, 10:49:05  
> Give me a break. What if they have a C ...   Re: Re: Need a little more to it...   
steel
Feb 11, 2003, 10:58:21  
You know, it may have been as simple as ...   Who cares what OS its the App that matters   
StriderC
Feb 11, 2003, 15:32:09  
> You know, it may have been as simple a ...   Re: Who cares what OS its the App that matters   
Chris Booth
Feb 12, 2003, 01:09:42  
> root# echo "Sounds like no Unix expert ...   Re: Re: Sounds like no Unix expertise...   
Chris Booth
Feb 12, 2003, 01:13:49  
I have used linux for a year, Linux will ...   Linux   
Seak
Aug 31, 2003, 03:53:49  
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