principal.com — The City of Chicago's announced successful migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux for essential government programs including the vehicle registration system online job applications restaurant inspections ethics training and more. The City of Chicago migrated to Red Hat in order to reduce costs and improve support performance and scalability.
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anthOct 24, 2006
Indeed, a lot of people start talking about MS as if they switched computers away from Windows to linux, when it seems from the PR that it was just solaris boxes taking the hit.
fallibledragonOct 24, 2006
I hope microsoft is paying you well to spend your time here, selling your opinions to their bidding. Otherwise, you're a sad victim of corporate propaganda, who can't tell truth from lies. Might want to actually try Kubuntu for a while, see how hard people work FOR YOU (rather than for your money) and figure out what you're disrespecting.
fallibledragonOct 24, 2006
Umm... one of the major benefits of Linux is that it makes Operating Systems a commodity. So, you're right, but lose the bias.
michaelsimmsOct 24, 2006
Personally on the whole GNU/Linux vs Linux debate, I have to say I disagree with GNU/Linux for one reason alone. RMS is all about freedom, as long as it is HIS freedom. He creates the GPL that grants me the right to do what I want with Linux as long as I dont encumber it in any way that stops it being free. And then he tries to tell me what I must call it.That annoys the hell ou of me, it really does. So, RMS can call it what he wants. Me, I fork GNU/Linux once an hour (or pick some random time), as his license states I can, and I call my version Linux.Many years ago when I started using Linux, glibc wasnt a part of Linux, nor was gcc. We used libc from - erm, not sure where but it wasnt gnu's libc. We used cc from - erm, somewhere else, but again, it wasnt gnu's. Linux probably cant be built without gnu tools any more, but it isnt inherantly part of gnu. It just happened to be intertwined.Fact is, that most of the GNU tools are, most of the time, used on Linux. Yet if you tried to insist that GNU was called Linux/GNU, RMS would have a fit.
featherstonOct 24, 2006
I hope more do this. It makes so much sense.
gmorganOct 24, 2006
You can build Linux with the Intel Compiler. Ok it costs money and isn't free in any sense of the word but it can still be done. There are numerous userlands out there as well. It would be a pain in the arse to do things without GNU tools (which is why OpenBSD still uses GCC) but it can be done. It would just be a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face.So really GNU is defacto vital without being dejure vital. Really if people got annoyed enough by the constant 'Linux is just a kernel' nonsense a new compiler collection could be built but really no-one is that petty.
duraznostjOct 24, 2006
Now, if they could either a.) stop charging for tools and/or b.) stop redoing their tolls every year.Congrats on the migration!
gmorganOct 24, 2006
Bill Gates lost nothing except maybe an opportunity. Its Sun Microsystems who have once again lost market share to Linux here.