Here's a potentially large Linux coup: Racal Defence Electronics, here in the UK, is to trial Linux to avoid a �1million plus upgrade to Win2000. A short snippet from the Computer Weekly article: "The defence contractor is planning to pilot the free operating system under a project to test its usability and user acceptance in a desktop environment. The pilot is an innovative step for Racal. Linux has been heavily criticised for lack of Office productivity applications and not being friendly enough for the end-user. If the pilot is successful, it could lead to one of the largest implementations of Linux on the desktop. Steve Lewis, one of Racal's IT executives who is leading the project, said the move was a bold step for the defence contractor, but the potential cost savings had proved to be too attractive to ignore." The full text can be found on computer Weekly's site. The article currently lives at (next two lines as one): http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/cwarchive/news/19991216/ cwcontainer.asp?name=A1.HTML&SubSection=1 Chris... -- @}-,'-------------------------------------------------- Chris Johnson --'-{@ / "(it is) crucial that we learn the difference / [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / between Sex and Gender. Therein lies the key / \ / to our freedom" -- LB / www.nccnet.co.uk/~sixie \ ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
