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Fairfax IT: Fiat keeps open mind on new platform

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 12, 1999

Thanks to Matthew Wright
for this link.

“IVECO, formerly International Trucks, is testing the popular
freeware operating system [Red Hat Linux] with the intention to
roll it out to its branch network within the next three
months.”

“A BITTER experience with closed systems has caused the
Australian arm of the Fiat group’s international truck making
giant, IVECO, to move to “scarier” open systems for its business
survival.”

“The decision last month to sign a year-long support contract
with Australia’s only Red Hat Linux support partner, Melbourne’s
CyberSource, was the latest step in a long journey to an open
systems solution…”

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story
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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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