LinuxWorld Australia: UK City Council Opts for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 5, 2003

“Another U.K. city council has joined the list of organizations
opting for Linux. The Dundee, Scotland, City Council has chosen the
operating system, supplied with IBM Corp.’s eServer zSeries
platform, in an attempt to reduce its running costs.

“The council, responsible for a city with a population of
145,000, has replaced a large server farm, with equipment from
various vendors, with the IBM kit. The financial terms of the
contract were not disclosed…”


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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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