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LWN: The Story of an Implementation

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 25, 2000

The implementation was conducted in Jan III Sobieski Hotel
– one of the biggest, most luxurious and prestigious hotel
facilities in Poland.
The hotel offers a wide variety of
services, ranging from suite rental, through restaurants to
organisation of conferences.”

“The hotel has over 400 rooms and employs up to 600 persons. The
office and administration centre is located in a four-story
building. The hotel owns restaurants, underground car park,
business centre, pay-TV, information desks at the airport,
etc….”

“The decision to implement Linux was made in 1998 when
communication problems with the taxation module were aggravated due
to frequent legislative changes. A decision was made to purchase an
application designed by a local provider and offering better
support. The hotel selected HS-Partner and their hotel and
restaurant application.”

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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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