[plug] [link] Telstra eyes Linux

[Anne Busby]

http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=10596

Telstra will explore using the open source Linux OS as
part of a new standard operating platform being scoped
by the telecommunications giant as it looks to reduce
its $1.5 billion annual IT budget.

Such a move could see Microsoft further sidelined at
its biggest Australian customer, following a recent
deal with Sun Microsystems that will see Java 2 used
as Telstra’s web services platform, as well as
revelations that Telstra is considering Sun’s
StarOffice desktop application suite as a possible
replacement for Microsoft Office on some or all of its
45,000 desktops. 


Anne Busby


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