Bundestag considering Linux

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Author: JT Smith

Mikael Pawlo writes: “As reported by Gnuheter and IDG.net the German Parliament–Bundestag–is considering to migrate from a Microsoft platform to Linux. The main reason is security concerns. The Bundestag run about 5.000 computers. A committee is investigating the issue and they are supposed to report by late 2001 or early 2002. In either case they should be finished before Microsoft drops its support for Windows NT. Read more at IDG.net.”