> 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? >
Not the commonality I was thinking of... keep trying, I don't buy a beer for just anyone! > 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'. > I wouldn't mind betting that there are tons of linux/BSD servers tucked away in public and private enterprises in NZ. > -- > CS > >
