Just ran across this tidbit on Groklaw.
Ken Elliott
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From: http://www.groklaw.net/
HP Gives Some Facts About Linux: 33% Savings
Hey, look at this. HP's Michael Schulz gave a presentation recently in
Johannesburg, and he announced they will ship Ubuntu on notebooks and PCs in
Africa. I wish they'd do that here. In the speech, he also talked about HP's
internal use of Linux:
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HP's Emea open source technologist Michael Schulz . . . said the company
today has as many as 15,000 Linux-based devices on its own internal networks
and uses free software for many critical roles from its mail system, to DNS
servers, and even its LaserJet development laboratories.
Schulz said that HP's entire email infrastructure -- including a webmail
client based on Squirrelmail -- is run on Linux and delivers in the region
of three terabytes of mail annually. HP's internal instant messaging
services are also run on open source software, using the Jabber platform,
said Shulz.
The company's domain name services are also run on Linux using services
such as Bind and NTP, said Schulz. The decision to use Linux for these
services has paid off, he said, realising savings in the region of around
33%.
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33%! That is huge. Anyone who doesn't consider Linux where it can be used,
with savings like that possible, just isn't being fiscally responsible. Why
does HP use Linux? Schulz says, "It is . . . the best operating system
available out there."
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