Subject: Re: Air NZ cuts costs with Linux
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2002 - 18:07:10 AKDT
On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 09:05, Stanley Long wrote:
>
> New Zealand News - Technology -
> 3.08.2002
> By ADAM GIFFORD
>
> The penguin may be flightless, but the Linux mascot has become the bird
> of choice at Air New Zealand, ...
>
> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2349104&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general
>
> ...
> Air New Zealand is replacing the 150 Compaq servers it
> uses for email and file and print serving with IBM Z800
> mainframes running the Linux operating system
> Websphere Application Server, DB2 Database, and
> Tivoli software.
>
> This means the airline can replace 4000 Microsoft
> Exchange email and file and print clients with Bynari, an
> open source email application.
I think the number of qualified 'mainframe OS' folks is even less than
certified Linux folks. Not to mention the cost of a IBM mainframe is
pricey.
The good news :) Runs on 11 architectures also.
"The maturity level and quality of the software is stunning. The latest
Debian 3.0 distribution which came out a couple of weeks ago came on
seven CDs and includes more than 3000 software packages, all stable and
tested."
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