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VNUnet: Police Pilot Linux Desktops

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“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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The Register: Linux to help police with their enquiries?(Jan
23, 2002)

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