On 23-May-03 Fred A. Miller wrote:
Quote from same:
While IT-experts recommended the Linux system and said it was as
good as Microsoft, the institutions decided to sign a new deal with
Microsoft, sources inside the institutions told the EUobserver.
"We are constantly and with great interest following and testing these
open-source programmes, including Linux, but it has not been an option
to replace Microsoft with Linux at this point, Deputy Secretary-General
in the European Parliament", Harald Rømer told the EUobserver.
"We need a system, which is safe and can operate in 11 languages - soon
20," he said.
Don't know about "safe", but I think they may have a point where languages
are concerned (yes, I know you can configure Linux for a given language,
or locale, with a wide choice, but running a multi-lingual Linux is not
trivial).
Ted.
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