On Monday 08 January 2007 11:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Monday 08 January 2007 09:14, Gabriella Turek wrote: > >> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/77291/index.html > >> > >> Anything like this going on in NZ. I am really surprised how much > >> M$ dependance there is here in NZ. > > > > There are a number of organisations which are using Linux, at least > > on servers. Vis: > > > > Selwyn County. > > Air NZ. > > Housing Corporation. > > > > To name but three which have been mentioned in the press in the > > past couple of years or so. > > > > I'd agreed that it is nothing like as much as it could be. > > Hmmm, there is a common element to two out of three of these > organizations (other than linux). I'll shout a beer tomorrow night > for the person who can get the right answer.
Air NZ and the Housing Corporation are both State Owned Enterprises ( since the government took a majority holding in Air NZ ) whereas Selwyn County is a Local Authority? There is, I believe, another local authority "Somewhere in the central NI" which has installed Linux servers, but I don't know which one. Also hearsay has it that a large commercial enterprise has had RedHat Linux installed by Microsoft NZ at the behest of Redmond themselves to handle an enormous email server. I find that somewhat hard to believe, but I heard it from a 'reliable witness'. -- CS
