ZDNet Australia: Australian Businesses More than Comfortable with Linux Support

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Simon Sharwood
Jul 11, 2003

[ Thanks to Arthur Marsh for this
link. ]

“While UK businesses worry that Linux lacks the technical
support options to make it an enterprise player, Australian
businesses believe the open source operating system already enjoys
the robust support they need to put it to work.

“One of Australia’s most notable Linux adopters, the Department
of Veterans’ Affairs, (DVA) says that support for Linux was just
one of the reasons it selected the open source operating
system.

“‘IBM Australia’s support… was just one of the factors on
which DVA based its decision to adopt the operating system,’ said
Tony Ablong, Manager Infrastructure Support and Services Group from
DVA’s Information Management Unit…”


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