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May 29, 2008

Linux in the Hospital

Filed under: General Discussion, Industry — Recompile.org @ 7:49 pm

Computer World has the story. Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania replaced their aging Microsoft Exchange 5.5 with Linux-based PostPath when it became evident that their current installation couldn’t handle the load.

The hospital claims a 50% cost savings and a 2/3 reduction in staff assigned to management of email.

Six months after the migration, gone are mailbox size limits and 105 additional users now have email addresses.

May 28, 2008

No MSDN Downloads for Linux Users

Filed under: General Discussion — Recompile.org @ 4:35 pm

So says this ZDNet Blogger. The article suggests using ies4linux to get around the problem. Though one commenter has a far more elegant solution: Change the user agent setting.

Paying the “Linux Tax”

Filed under: Editorial, General Discussion — Recompile.org @ 4:30 pm

Information Week has an inflammatory article about the “cost” of switching to Linux. To summarize: Linux is hard, lower the bar.

Someone should mail him a copy of Ubuntu.

May 27, 2008

Why Linux Scares the Hardware and Software Industry

Filed under: General Discussion, Industry — Recompile.org @ 1:50 pm

In an editorial better suited for 2002, Matt Hartley gives us his perspective.

Reading Mr. Hartley’s article makes you feel like you’ve traveled back in time. It’s interesting reading, to say the least.

May 23, 2008

Donating to FOSS projects

Filed under: General Discussion — Recompile.org @ 11:56 am

With the large number of projects included in most distributions, there is always a question of who to best donate money to. At present, there is a nifty discussion on Slashdot on this very topic.

A donation to Richard Stallman’s GNU Project would be a worthy cause, without any doubt. Love him or hate him, his contribution cannot be underestimated.

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