On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 09:15 -0500, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > It's one of the biggest contracts for Novell since the beginning of their > > Linux strategy. >
In Germany the governmental departments decided in principle for open document formats (*.ODT, ODC etc.), where open source and Linux is taking foothold. There are the known Munich and recent Mannheim projects of most server and many thousands of work stations going to Linux, like Novell's Linux Desktop. Eg.: German Gov't Moves to Linux http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,4279,00.asp IBM signs Linux deal with Germany http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2023127.stm http://news.com.com/2100-1001-931027.html German Government Linux Desktop http://www.newsforge.com/newsvac/04/06/30/1747224.shtml The city of Mannheim is gradually moving its 110 servers to Linux software from its current Microsoft base. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172301140 Munich Linux decision official http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7137390752.html just search for 'german government linux' in a search engine. Even in the US: Massachusetts mandates open-format docs, edges toward Linux http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3926478427.html :) Al --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
