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BBspot: Santa Considering Move to Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 18, 2002

[ Thanks to Todd
Kirby
for this link to a little holiday fun. ]

“Citing concerns about security and licensing costs, Santa Claus
is considering migrating his computer systems from Microsoft
Windows to Linux.

“With several thousand computers and the largest database in the
world, Santa’s Workshop is one of the largest and most important
clients for Microsoft. It is expected that the software maker will
do whatever it takes to keep Claus in their corner.

“‘If some naughty kid was able to break into my systems and
change his status to nice than the whole integrity of the
Claus empire would be called into question,’ said Kringle. ‘I also
have to watch out for the Easter Bunny. He’s always trying to
muscle in on my territory. If he were able to compromise my
database and get access to my client list, then we might be
celebrating Christmas in April…'”

Complete
Story

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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