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BouncingAyatollah

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Britain's Health Service considering ditching M$
« on: 7 December 2003, 23:41 »
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13073

"... licence costs would save millions of pounds, and save the health service and we long suffering British taxpayers many more millions of pounds."
The cheese would have to be subatomic size before quantum cheese effects would take over -- and then it wouldn't be identifiable as cheese any longer.

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Britain's Health Service considering ditching M$
« Reply #1 on: 8 December 2003, 00:59 »
Here's what a hospital in my town does: Linux 2.6-test1 with a PHP/MySQL database, light-control, and a system that tells you when it's time to change the hard drive. Costs much very little, and it's much more stable compared to Windows.

I wouldn't like a BSOD to end my life because Windows controls the PSU units when the power is down.

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« Reply #2 on: 8 December 2003, 08:15 »
\o/  Yet another smart group of people.

/checks British Health Service off the list
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Britain's Health Service considering ditching M$
« Reply #3 on: 8 December 2003, 12:49 »
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Originally posted by BouncingAyatollah:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13073

"... licence costs would save millions of pounds, and save the health service and we long suffering British taxpayers many more millions of pounds."



I read that the National health service would make upto 800,000 installs

but a couple of days ago they said Sun had MADE a deal for 500,000 installs in the British public sector, are these the same things??

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Britain's Health Service considering ditching M$
« Reply #4 on: 8 December 2003, 20:39 »
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a couple of days ago they said Sun had MADE a deal for 500,000 installs in the British public sector, are these the same things??  


Nope    This is probably what I just posted about in the Linux section. The more the merrier!

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The cheese would have to be subatomic size before quantum cheese effects would take over -- and then it wouldn't be identifiable as cheese any longer.