Correo "Gringo" va por GNU-Linux

El servicio postal estadounidense, equivalente a nuestro español Correos, ha anunciado que está migrando sus sistemas de seguimiento de envíos a GNU/Linux. Los sistemas mainframe tienen 15 años de antigüedad y funcionan sobre Cobol. El motivo principal de dicha migración de los sistemas TPS es conseguir una mayor capacidad de gestión y seguimiento de envíos y además rebajar los costes de operación del mainframe propietario gracias a la gratuidad del GNU/Linux utilizado.

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Fuente: My Linux

Google introduce Chrome OS

By MIGUEL HELFT and ASHLEE VANCE

Published: July 8, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs that is tied to its Chrome Web browser.

The software, called the Google Chrome Operating System, is initially intended for use in the tiny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as demand for other PCs has plummeted. Google said it believed the software would also be able to power full-size PCs.

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