The Inland Revenue is considering replacing its Microsoft PC software with an open source alternative, vnunet.com's sister title Computing can reveal.
The Revenue has held high-level talks with Sun Microsystems about plans for its 70,000 desktops. Senior US-based Sun executives visited the UK to discuss the issues involved in migrating Windows and Office users to Linux and Sun's StarOffice software. Many of the Revenue's PCs run NT4 Workstation software, which Microsoft will cease to support from June next year.
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