ElMostrador.cl: Chilean Public Pension System (INP) Switches to Linux

Aug 01, 2001, 18:10 (7 Talkback[s])

Jaime Alvarez writes:

"The institution will save more than 67,000 USD per year in license fees.

Two of every three Chileans either pay or get paid by this state-owned institution, which has 63 offices and ten corporate buildings all over the country, using more than 1500 computers."

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