:SearchEnterpriseLinux: Mississippi Deal a Landmark for Linux in Government
SearchEnterpriseLinux: Mississippi Deal a Landmark for Linux in Government Jul 3, 2004, 04 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (9040 reads) (Other stories by Michael S. Mimoso)
"Mississippi, deep in the South, sits 2,100 miles from Silicon Valley. It's an unlikely setting for a technology milestone, but history may show that Wednesday was a landmark day for Linux use in a government setting.
"U.S. Sens. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) announced the completion of the initial deployment of the state's Automated System Project (ASP), a Linux-based mobile data infrastructure linking officials with public safety information. The project is funded by a $14 million Department of Homeland Security grant facilitated by the senators..."
