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VNUnet: Police Pilot Linux Desktops

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 15, 2002

“West Yorkshire Police has taken delivery of its first Linux
desktop computers, as part of a trial of the operating sytem for
English and Welsh police forces.

“The force is working with Netproject, which is looking at
issues associated with migration to desktop Linux for the UK Police
IT Organisation (Pito).

“Part of the trial involves migrating existing police
applications to Linux and making use of open source
software…”

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(Jan
23, 2002)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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