LinuxWorld: The DA's Office Goes Digital

[Warren Togami]

The DA's Office Goes Digital - Custom Linux solution saves them hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
http://www.linuxworld.com/ic_706716_6995_1-3133.html

Various quotes from the article:

....they were all scrambling for affordable answers. Working with a $100,000
funding allotment from the state government, the district attorney's office
was the first to find one. Together with custom integrator ImageWork
Technology Corp. in White Plains, N.Y., the office tried a novel
approach....
....Using Windows NT or Windows 2000 for the office's 425 users wasn't
something the office could afford.  In seeking alternative solutions, Brown
and his technical staff selected Red Hat Linux 6.0 from Red Hat Inc. in
Research Triangle Park, N.C., to power a newly acquired Dell Computer Corp.
document imaging server. Linux's appeal stemmed from its low acquisition
cost, high availability and the tech support staff's prior familiarity with
Data General's version of Unix....

...Currently, the Linux imaging system holds about 500GB of data. That
includes scans and copies of all 1999 case records. The district attorney's
office is now entering last year's records. Ed Prchlik, the office's
director of system management, predicts that storage will reach 1TB within
three years...

http://www.linuxworld.com/ic_706716_6995_1-3133.html