Quoting Derek Neighbors <
derek@gnue.org>:
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 dennisk@sahuaro.f2s.com wrote:
>
> > IBM signs Linux deal with Germany
> >
> > You've all seen the SlashDot story probably. I big win, of course.
> Germany's
> > Interior Minister, Otto Schilly, picked Linux to help cut costs and improve
>
> > security in the nation's computer networks.
> >
>
> What is interesting is GNUe has large developer base in Europe,
> specifically Austria and Germany. So I get to communicate with folks
> there a lot. In discussing this with them, what they all find funny is
> this is old news.
>
> German Parliment dictated some time ago that they would be move their
> servers to GNU/Linux. They even produced a roadmap that all servers would
> be converted by XXXX date. This announcement is merely that they have
> chosen a vendor.
>
> BTW: Those that like this move, please note that the FSF Europe played a
> major role in making it happen as part of their "Bundestux" initiative.
> ("Federal Tux")
>
> I find it interesting that American news agencies really aren't reporting
> much on this, I believe the Slashdot story is from BBC.
>
> -Derek
I was under the impression that this opened up the rest of the German
government to Linux since it comes from Schilly. No mention of the Bundestag in
the article.
Dennis
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