Russia, Linux might be in 125 thousand computers 42,000 pos

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Russia, Linux might be in 125 thousand computers 42,000 pos

Post by LinuxMint-4 » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:22 pm

Linux might be installed on more than 125 thousand computers in 42 thousand post offices

http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn...8/04/24/298514

"The Russian Post accounts migration to the free software for cutting losses. In February Aleksey Kazmin, the new director general of the Russian Post, announced the net losses of the federal state unitary enterprise accounted for 4.6 bn rubles ($195.088 m) for the previous year, which was a 60% increase as compared to a year earlier.

If the experiment launched is a success, more than 42 thousand post offices with more than 125 thousand computers will migrate to the new Linux-based software. Aleksey Kuzmin told CNews the first Linux installations were likely to be held on the work stations of public internet access point."
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