http://computerworld.co.nz/webhome.nsf/NL/40EE388538906E7ACC256D870076CC1B
Thursday, 21 August, 2003
*NZ firm puts Linux on desktops * Price advantage cited as reason for choosing Linux ahead of Windows
/Matthew Cooney, Auckland/
Desktop Linux has made a small inroad into local business with the news that BGH Group is installing 67 Linux thin clients into offices around the country.
Craig Pope, BGH’s IT manager, says the engineering and distribution company started looking for new desktops for its Bay Engineers subsidiary after finding it difficult to replace the ASCII terminals in use. Linux was chosen because of the “huge” price difference compared to Windows, he says.
Some thin clients will be used as POS machines, Pope says. Others will run the KDE desktop software with the Evolution email and workgroup client, Mozilla browser and OpenOffice suite.
