> Would someone send me a copy of of this article please, as my 486 > can't run the latest browsers to look at it?\ Holy god, why are you still using a 486? A Pentium can't be more then $50 these days? Article below: -- Telstra goes open-source Michael Sainsbury and Kelly Mills September 2, 2003 TELSTRA, Australia's largest technology company, has nailed its colours firmly to the mast of open source software, creating a potential nightmare for Microsoft and sending shivers through a range of traditional platform providers. Under Project Firefly, Telstra switched on a desktop trial in March using two flavours of Linux and a Citrix-based Windows system, aimed at shifting up to 85 per cent of its computing desktops to thin-client technology. Telstra chief information officer Jeff Smith said he was determined to end a history of internal duplication and technology incompatibility by deploying open-source software right across the telecoms giant, which spends $1.5 billion each year on information technology. He aims to slice this cost in half within three years. "I would see a big movement from Windows and Unix to Linux," Mr Smith said. "One of the by-products of Linux having its heritage in Unix is that it is a very stable operating system." -- R > I'm making up a lobbying for open source folder of articles and > this seems to be a particularly good lead. > > thanks > Denise > > TELSTRA GOES OPEN-SOURCE > TELSTRA has nailed its colours firmly to the mast of open source > software, creating a nightmare for Microsoft and sending shivers > through > traditional platform providers. > http://email.news.com.au/ct/click?q=b6-llxUQCKDpmZ1rFDa1rQ7XTsR > -- > This is the Community Software Distribution Network - SA > mailing list. To unsubscribe send an e-mail to > 'csdn-sa-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' with a subject > of 'unsubscribe'. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) -- This is the Community Software Distribution Network - SA mailing list. To unsubscribe send an e-mail to 'csdn-sa-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' with a subject of 'unsubscribe'.