Given the subjects we've seen on here lately, I though you guys might be interested in the news that the Legal profession seem to be picking up on Linux now ....
We've just had a firm order for a network of 12 systems from a small-medium sized firm of solicitors in Kent, mostly on Linux o/s, including desktop systems for the staff.
One of the reasons they've crossed the divide is that they reckon they are laying themselves open to claims that the data on their systems may not be secure against intrusion, despite Redmond's denial that they would ever use the rights they claim in their EULA for that purpose.
The fact that the staff had a go at a demonstration system, and wanted to switch to Linux was a boost as well :-)
The fact that the firm reckons they'll save considerably on TCO helped too, as did the fact that losing the os software costs meant that the project could be brought in for £5k less than if they'd opted for MS.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 08:27:40PM +0100, Tony Dietrich wrote:
The fact that the staff had a go at a demonstration system, and wanted to switch to Linux was a boost as well :-)
The fact that the firm reckons they'll save considerably on TCO helped too, as did the fact that losing the os software costs meant that the project could be brought in for ??5k less than if they'd opted for MS.
At least the spare money actually comes into some use! You should have seen us in MTH @ UEA. We are getting some more machines in and spreading debian across those should be fun as well ;)
Ah the life of Linux... though I will be hoping to Apple soon =)
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Tony Dietrich