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New Zealand Herald: Housing NZ taking a serious look at Linux

[ Thanks to Martin
Shergold
for this link. ]

Housing New Zealand is considering replacing its Microsoft
Windows NT servers with the Linux operating system after the
success of a pilot project at its Mt Albert branch…

“The selection of Linux has proved something of a master stroke
because the pilot has demonstrated the substantial licence fees,
upgrades and maintenance costs inherent in the previous NT-based
approach can all now be side-stepped,” Mr Herries said…”

“The system has been running since July 1 as a file and print
server, application server and internet gateway, without a crash.
It has been running Oracle since August 1.”


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