On Monday, 27 בMarch 2006 18:48, Yonah Russ wrote: > Secondly, Israel could just as easily install totally free and > totally opensource linux on all the pcs. It doesn't because it would > be much harder to support- ie. you need more than an 18 year old with > 1/2g brain power to run a base's network, you don't get to call Linus > 24/7 if you have a problem, and you can't pay for it in FMF (AFAIK > the army logistics units don't know how to use anything "free")
I admin that I thought IGLU would be the last place to see Microsoft propaganda, but well - we learn something new every day :-) IDF do not deploy Linux system (generally - there are some units that do use Linux in some specific, non-general computing, systems) is not because its much harder to support (hint - it isn't), but because its perceived to be harder to support and/or not good enough by the powers that be. I thought it was up to us to educate the general populace (and the generals) about it, not spread more FUD. Also, there are several computer companies in Israel, which I'm sure would love to do business with the IDF to support Linux systems on a 24/7 basis. Its not like the IDF calls Bill Gates whenever they have problems with Windows - probably because he won't have time to sleep at all ;-) -- Oded ::.. "In a survey taken several years ago, all incoming freshman at MIT were asked if they expected to graduate in the top half of their class. Ninety-seven percent responded that they did." ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
