Shem Do I recall you saying that Linux wasnt ready for the Banking environment?
Wire > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=2&u=/nm/ > 20040606/tc_nm/tech_brazil_opencode_dc > Linux's operating system, the star of the free software community, is > > being adopted by various industries in Brazil, including 42 percent of > the 160 banks based in the country, according to data announced last > week at the Ciab financial technology trade fair. > > "For the first time, we are breaking their dominance in the technology > > sector," Amadeu said, referring to big software companies like > Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) > > Brazil's public sector saves 8,000 reais ($2,555) for every 10 > computers it changes from proprietary software to free tools like Linux > and office programs like Open Office. The federal administration has > 300,000 computers. > > Brazil's banking sector, which has instituted highly developed and > widely used online services, has been preparing to adopt open > technology to distribute digital signatures to clients to reduce fraud. > > "We think we can adopt a full digital signature system in the next two > > years," said Carlos da Fonseca, the technology director of the > Brazilian bank association Febraban. > > **************** ***************************** > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 77 972255 > +256 71 221141 > Fax: +256 31 262122 > ***************************************************************** --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
