Federal Government use of Linux Grows

[Warren Togami]

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0917/tec-linux-09-17-01.asp

...A growing number of agencies, attracted by the operating system's
extremely low cost, high stability and high reliability, are using or
considering using Linux for running databases, storage systems, e-mail,
enterprise resource management solutions and even security. They include the
Census Bureau, the U.S. Postal Service, the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, the White House and the Defense Department...

(NSA - National Security Agency is also developing Linux.)

...The Bureau of the Public Debt saved more than $330,000 in start-up costs
when it chose Linux over other operating systems for its Dynamic Web
Publishing project...

...It was almost a case of Linux or nothing, according to Rick Mills, chief
of information resources management in the Interior Department's Office of
Aircraft Services. His office [National Interagency Fire Center], which
manages the new application, "had no budget for hardware or software," he
said. "An obvious strength of Linux is the low cost. If we need technical
support, the cost is less than for other operating systems."