UPI/The Washington Times: U.S. Government Agencies Turn to Linux

"Linux has crawled out of university basements to become a major player in today's computing world. As government agencies are being forced to do more with a smaller budget more agencies are turning to the open source movement for a solution.

"In Mississippi three counties and 30 agencies formed a jail management system to pool all law enforcement and homeland security forces together using Linux..."

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