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French ministry ditches Microsoft for MandrakeLinux | |
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| Time: 09:26 EST/14:26 GMT | News Source: E-Mail | Posted By: Brian Kvalheim | ||
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The French government has put its money where its mouth is and announced a deal to replace 1,500 copies of Microsoft NT server with home-grown open source Linux software from Mandrake. Several government departments, such as the Ministry of Culture, already use MandrakeLinux. But it recently said it was considering expanding its use of open source software. The Civil Service Minister Renaud Dutreil was quoted as saying 'the competition is open,' between Microsoft and Linux. | ||
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| #1 By 143 (68.77.205.58) at 7/9/2004 11:59:46 AM |
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Let them have MandrakeLinux cake... :P
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| #2 By 1643 (69.68.165.71) at 7/9/2004 12:52:40 PM |
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I would love to see how it works out for them. I wish them the best, but expect them to pay much more over the next few years and lessen productivity...but I'm a little biased.
Hopefully, they will have learned how better to manage highly technical projects than their naval ships: http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/2003127.asp BTW, I'm sure they could have consolidated those 1,500 nt4 servers to about 10% or less of windows 2000/2003 boxes. humor |
| #3 By 3465 (208.251.209.126) at 7/9/2004 1:29:14 PM |
| They're French, no other explanation needed. |
| #4 By 8556 (12.217.173.227) at 7/9/2004 2:29:17 PM |
| I use Windows myself and on the servers I handle. However, Mandrake Linux is an excellent OS. I prefer it over Red Hat. Don't expect the French to feel bad about this move. In this case the French aren't hurting anyone but Microsoft. Good luck with technical support, oui? |
| #5 By 37 (67.37.29.142) at 7/9/2004 3:02:00 PM |
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"Things are going great now in Iraq and they missed their chance to be a part of all the freedom and whatnot going on over there. "
Bawahahahaha...your kidding right? Things are WORSE in Iraq. The casualties are astounding. We have lost more people POST war than during the war. Terrorism is UP worldwide since the war. |
| #6 By 3653 (63.162.177.143) at 7/9/2004 5:24:41 PM |
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"We have lost more people POST war than during the war."
AWBrian, did you think the terrorists were going to simply give up? Why are you surprised that they continue to fight? They are feeling the pinch. Its that simple. ----------------- "Terrorism is UP worldwide since the war. " Have you lost your mind? 5000 people alone were killed on 9/11. Did I miss some big terrorist events since the war started? Exactly when did 5000+ people die since the war started, as a result of terrorism. I await your retraction. |
| #7 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 7/9/2004 9:01:13 PM |
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ah...the french. they are, how does one say it, so french. i wish them good luck with linux and the hastle of having dual boot computers. no.
isn't this the ultimate irony, nobody can live without that ocassional quirky one of a kind microsoft app that just means ya gotta dual boot. go ahead and try. i believe that mac is still the second best OS and unix/linux a distant third except for a lock step inflexible and linearly organized corporate structure. |
| #8 By 12071 (203.173.27.75) at 7/9/2004 9:21:47 PM |
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Yeah... I'm with everyone here... damn the French! How dare they actually educate their people properly! They should be controlled with fear and told to agree with everything their leaders tell them!
#8 You might have realised this by now, but he/she was being sarcastic! #11 Wasn't it closer to 3000? Not that it makes it any better, but doubling numbers isn't exactly helping your case! And have you missed all the bombings and other terrorists activities that have been occuring recently? Or does CNN not have time to show them? #14 "I think stoppping mass murderers is a good thing." So why isn't the US of A out there stopping all the other Mass Murderers? Don't those countries have something that the US want? |
| #9 By 37 (68.185.170.174) at 7/9/2004 11:10:15 PM |
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"I await your retraction."
None needed. I state facts. Try Google, it works wonders. |
| #10 By 11888 (64.230.11.168) at 7/9/2004 11:45:14 PM |
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It truly is a FOX News world.
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ |
| #11 By 12071 (203.173.27.75) at 7/10/2004 3:49:32 AM |
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#18 I meant Syria, North Korea, Iran, China, Libya, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Sudan just to name a few. If the US went into Iraq to "liberate" the people, then why aren't they going into the rest of those countries as well? Surely those other countries must have *something* that the US can use.
It's also funny that you bring up oil... since I didn't mention it... but I think the US had more of an issue with Iraq trading oil in Euro's rather than in US dollars. And have a look at all the opportunities that US companies now have with all of Iraq's oil... it's a "good thing(tm)" that they went in there before the French did! "Want to guess why French opposed the Iraq war" For the same reason that any educated person was against the war. Even 1/2 of Americans were against the war for exactly the same reasons but there was just no stopping Bush once he made his little mind up. |
| #12 By 12071 (203.173.27.75) at 7/11/2004 1:17:41 AM |
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#22 "I'm assuming you would be against it if Bush was in favor of stoppping genocide in Sudan, and in favor if it was Kerry opposing genocide."
This is precisely how we differ Parkker, my views and opinions aren't based on what Bush or Kerry are for or against. Those are their views. You need to get out of this whole you are either right or left, black or white thing that you're in. Accept the fact that there are plenty of levels in between, and also accept the fact that any intelligent person that forms their own opinions (rather than having their opinions formed for them) will never be left for their whole life, nor right. It is quite realistic to assume that nearly everyone will agree with the left on some things, and agree with the right on others. The thing which tells them which way to vote is which side they agree with more. "while attacking Bush for going to war to stop genocidal regimes (among other reasons)." The stopping of genocidal regimes was at the very very bottom of the list of actual reasons for going into Iraq. Hence why the US didn't use that as the reason for the invation until the end... the "liberation" of it's people. Have you read this: http://intelligence.senate.gov/conclusions.pdf "Most of the major key judgements in the Intelligence Community's October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), Iraq's Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction, either overstated, or were not supported by, the underlying intelligence reporting." Let me translate that into simple words you will understand, they were lies. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/10/1089000399043.html?oneclick=true "The President reminded several hundred supporters why he ordered the assault on Iraq in March last year, saying the world knew ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been trying to acquire banned nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. "We haven't found the stockpiles, but we knew he could make them," he said" |
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