NetworkWorldFusion: Linux Delivers for U.S. Postal Service | Linux Today

NetworkWorldFusion: Linux Delivers for U.S. Postal Service

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2004

[ Thanks to john
stone
for this link. ]

“While many businesses are just now turning to Linux as a server
platform, the technology has delivered for the U.S. Postal Service
for several years.

“The Postal Service has used penguin power since 1999 to
streamline the ‘snail mail’ process. More than 900 Linux machines
currently sort in excess of 670 million pieces of mail per day in
the Postal Service’s 250 mail-sorting sites around the
country…”

Complete
Story

Related Story:
CRN:
Linux Making Gains In Government Market
(May 30, 2002)

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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