UK Govt supports OSS

[Francois Ouellette]

I agree with this opinion too.

They basically say that for the server part Linux is now considered a
mature platform and combined with server consolidation it can represent
significant savings as an evolutionary solution.

However, for the desktop side OSS is "not yet there" and still needs some
polishing.

The server consolidation business is fairly active these days, many
organisations just woke up and realized that managing a farm of hundreds
or thousands of under-utilized UNIX or M$ servers is not the best. We can
now find powerful x86 boxes with Linux that represent a very
cost-effective option to proprietary Unix solutions, especially when
consolidating.

There are several public services (and private organizations) in
north-america that have already switched to Linux as a server platform and
are very happy with it.

There is even a "mainframe Linux" just announced in August from Unisys,
which will offer a true multi-processor Linux (SuSe and Red Hat) solution
built as a mainframe, with partitions and all, in 32 and 64-bit versions.

http://www.unisys.com/products/es7000__linux/index.htm

It's getting there!

 François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>

> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:44:04AM -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
>> I have not read the entire thing in detail but looks good.
>>
>> http://www.ogc.gov.uk/oss/Report-v8c.htm
>
> They don't really "support" OSS as much as say it should be seriously
> considered as an option for all bids, especially to consider future
> vendor lock-ins, although if you are already locked in to a vendor don't
> spend a fortune just to go OSS, rather consider how to in the future
> break out of the lock-in using whatever method is most affordable long
> term.  They do list a few places where OSS is likely to be a good fit.
>
> At least that's how I understood it.
>
> Lennart Sorensen



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