On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:07:23 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 Doesn't one of the Welly based papers use Linux / Postgres?
