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French education authorities migrate to Linux

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 4 comments
ZDNet Asia; By Antony Savvas
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The French Ministry for Education has migrated 2,500 servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a growing trend for Europe's public sector.

[Check out the last sentence, interesting way to end it don't you think? - Scott]

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Comments (4)

Microsoft gave them a special price to sweeten the deal.
tracyanne -

The Microsoft platform IS cheaper.

Windows Vista, for example, is TONS cheaper than a new car.

It's cheaper than a boob job.

It's cheaper than my house -- although that may not remain true if American real estate doesn't right itself.

It's cheaper than lots of things.

Kind of like when I got the West Nile virus. That was pretty cheap, too.
It's cheaper than a prostitute, you still get screwed... plus you may be left with a disease.
>It's cheaper than a prostitute

Depends on how discriminating you are, and where you're looking.

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