-> Editor
<- Concerned citizens
It has come to our attention that state and city governments of this state are
not acting in the best interest of it's citizens. The state and city
governments have no money yet they continune to give hundreds of thousands
of dollars (if not then millions) to a company that is in the state of
Washington known as Microsoft. They continue to do this by leasing licenses
for their operating system (OS) Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2003
even though there are viable alternatives to the Windows OS called RedHat
Linux or SUSE Linux or even Mepis Linux among many. Further, with each new
upgrade of their operating system most of the old hardware becomes obsolete
requiring additional monies to make it so their OS will function. This is not
so with Linux. At our last install-fest we put a modern functioning Linux OS
on a 1991 laptop.
Linux is part of a movement called open source in which the source code (inner
workings of the program) is available for everyone to inspect and to improve
upon. While some say this leads to a less secure OS, that is not true. The
individuals who write computer virii are are usually young and inexperienced
individuals who think they are smarter than they really are (this is why they
ALWAYS get caught). And while they are looking at the code with malicious
overtones the wiser, more experienced generation is inspecting the same code
fixing any security flaws they find in the OS.
Because the code is open for all to see it is also open for all to compile
(make operational). This means that it is also free to compile and use as
your OS. But it goes deeper than just the operating system, all of the
applications included with most distributions of the Linux OS are also open
source. This means that for practically nothing you can have an operating that
is superior to Microsoft's operating system with similar application
programs.
To close this letter I would like to show you government agencies that have
chosen to go with linux:
-U.S. agencies like the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Naval Research
Laboratory, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Agriculture and
Energy Departments just to name a few
-Intelligence agencies in the US, Canada, Germany, England, Spain, France,
and others
-The U.S. National Security Agency has even created its own version of Linux,
Security-Enhanced Linux, available for download from its Web site
Some state, local, and federal goverments that use Linux include:
-Largo, Florida
-Garden Grove, California
-Austin, Texas (pilot program)
-Rome, Italy city government
-Goverment of Israel
-The parliament of Germany.
-City government of Munich, Germany
-City government of Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
-The culture, defense, and education ministries of France
-China uses Linux in their post offices
-Taiwan plans to move half of it's government's computers to Linux within five
years
Sincerely:
Michael Havens
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