[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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