Author: JT Smith
SignalGround has a feature on a company’s employees working Linux into use there. “The company that employs Tom and me builds big pieces of food processing
machinery that cost upwards of $400K. Each machine includes an embedded
PCs running — and I cringe — NT 4. While the company’s legacy currently
dictates NT, those of us at the lower levels of the totem pole work to wedge
Linux in wherever we can. What follows is a short story of a successful
insertion that turned out to be (gasp!) financially beneficial to the company,
too.”
machinery that cost upwards of $400K. Each machine includes an embedded
PCs running — and I cringe — NT 4. While the company’s legacy currently
dictates NT, those of us at the lower levels of the totem pole work to wedge
Linux in wherever we can. What follows is a short story of a successful
insertion that turned out to be (gasp!) financially beneficial to the company,
too.”
Category:
- Linux
