Re: Oregon DOT using Linux

Alas! This is a confusing article. For example, OS/2 is not Windows. So
I suspect there are many details left out by the Novell PR department
writer. It does point to the power of cooperative behaviour. fgd.

Stanley Long wrote:
> ... legacy OS/2 system for managing driver’s license record
> communication statewide ...
>
> Oregon-DOT is [was ?? ] a "Microsoft Windows and mainframe shop" ...
>
> Using open source tools and C code, the department rewrote the
> communication component of the driver’s license management system in
> about 80 hours.
>
> The new system has been running for more than six months without a
> minute of downtime.
>
> http://www.novell.com/success/odot.html
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