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US Postal Service Moves To GNU/Linux 477

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 14, 2009 @07:44PM from the cobol-package-management dept.

twitter writes "The US Postal Service has moved its Cobol package tracking software to HP machines running GNU/Linux. 1,300 servers handle 40 million transactions a day and cost less than the last system, which was based on a Sun Solaris environment." The migration took a year. The USPS isn't spelling how big the savings are, except that they are "significant."

Comment Re:it will only hurt the cause... (Score 0) 178

by gilbert64 on Monday June 08, 2009 @08:52PM (#28259419) Attached to: Swedish Anti-Piracy Lawyer Gets New Name 'Pirate'

Yes they were fraudulent wire transfer, intent matters. And this kind of childish behavior is just par for the course for the Swedish pro-piracy lobby. Furthermore, slashdot discussions are often about making guesstimates and assumption based on history and Occam's razor is indeed relevant, it would be hypocritical to start dismissing it now just because slashdot group psyche wants Swedish pirates to be more mature than they really are. (Again an assumption based on your +5 moderation).

Comment Re:unlikely - the country's in a bad economic stat (Score 0) 142

by gilbert64 on Sunday March 30, 2008 @10:11AM (#22911558) Attached to: Iceland Woos Data Centers As Power Costs Soar

Really weak currency and economy would make investment cheaper and easier since you don't have to compete with financial institutions for attention.

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