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Friday, May 31, 2002

http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/418619p-3337432c.html

Linux used by more and more government systems
JIM KRANE, AP Technology Writer

Linux, the open-source operating system with an outsider mystique, is now proliferating on powerful government computer systems in the United States and abroad. And some technology giants are increasingly lending a hand. At a Tokyo trade show on Friday, IBM Corp. was announcing the sale of more than 75 Linux-based computer systems to U.S. agencies including the Air Force, the Defense, Agriculture and Energy departments and the Federal Aviation Administration. Overseas, Linux systems help keep order in Germany's parliament as well as China's post office, France's culture, defense and education ministries and other federal agencies in Europe and Asia....



 


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