AT&T Tests Linux ... 70,000 PCs

AT&T Corp. is testing Linux software as a replacement for Microsoft
Corp.'s Windows operating system, which runs the 70,000 personal
computers used by its employees.

Bloomberg.com Oct 5th
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aZ2JnBlm5tOs

... would be Microsoft's biggest loss to the 13-year-old Linux system. A
surge in viruses and efforts to cut costs have driven customers to look
for alternatives.

``Just like every other chief information officer in the country, I have
to worry about reliability, security, productivity and lowering my
costs,'' Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T's information chief, ...

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