German finance win for Linux

mainman · Feb 10, 2004, 11:07 PM

"Some back-office operations at the German finance ministry have shifted to Linux."

"A division of the German finance ministry has moved its back-office operations to mainframe computers that run Linux, in the latest victory for the open-source operating system in Europe, IBM said on Tuesday."

"International Business Machines said that the finance ministry department, which is responsible for paying public sector employees and for managing certain taxes, installed two large IBM mainframe computers that run both IBM's operating system and Linux."

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Feb 10, 2004, 11:07 PM	#1
mainman Mr. Nobody Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher Posts: 5,939 Rep Power: 53	German finance win for Linux "Some back-office operations at the German finance ministry have shifted to Linux." "A division of the German finance ministry has moved its back-office operations to mainframe computers that run Linux, in the latest victory for the open-source operating system in Europe, IBM said on Tuesday." "International Business Machines said that the finance ministry department, which is responsible for paying public sector employees and for managing certain taxes, installed two large IBM mainframe computers that run both IBM's operating system and Linux." Full article: Read more