Government Technology: Pennsylvania Adopts Dual Linux Standard

"Earlier this month the state of Pennsylvania issued a Linux Server Standards bulletin describing which Linux distributions should be used, and why. It applies to agencies, boards, commissions and councils under the Governor's jurisdiction, and is recommended to other agencies not under the Governor's jurisdiction.

"Excerpt from the bulletin:

"In the recent past, the choice of Linux for large enterprise class environments for North American companies was limited to one company, Red Hat..."

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