[LUAU] Linux Gets Hawaii's Records House in Order

jonr jonr at destar.net
Mon May 9 15:32:04 PDT 2005


Benjamin Kinsey wrote:
> Hi, I wanted to share this link...
> 
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1809010,00.asp
> 
> --Benjamin
> 
> ...To manage the technical aspects of the project, Hawaii turned to 
> eWorld Enterprise Solutions Inc., a systems integrator and consulting 
> company in Honolulu that had helped the state with other IT 
> implementations in the past.
> 
> Kris Hansen, eWorld's chief technology officer, readily admitted that he 
> is "a fan" of Linux and endorsed its use early in the project, even 
> though eWorld had never before installed Linux on a mainframe...

Way to go Hawaii!! Though this is really a DB issue that could have been 
done on any platform, there is no getting around that it was done on 
Linux. I like Suse and think it has a polished look but I wonder what 
restrictions Novell can/will impose on it at a later date, ala RedHat.

Jon



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