“Red Hat has said that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) saved the federal government
more than $15 million in datacenter operating and upgrading costs
by migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The FAA executed a major
systems migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in one-third of the
original scheduled time and with 30 percent more operational
efficiency than the previous system. In addition, by switching to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the FAA realized 50 percent savings and
spent less than $10 million on a project initially estimated at $25
million…”