Sci/Tech: SCALE 5x Linux Expo - Registration Now Open
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| "We want people to know that there are alternatives to Microsoft.
| It's all about choice"
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http://www.bitsofnews.com/component/option,com_diary/op,view/id,4450/Itemid,44/
Open-Source Spying
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| When Matthew Burton arrived at the Defense Intelligence Agency in
| January 2003, he was excited about getting to his computer...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/magazine/03intelligence.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1165154472-+9lutGDsco8OK7E5RouIcA
Open Source and Linux are big in business intelligence too.
Related:
US Intelligence Goes Wikipedia Route With 'Intellipedia'
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| The same open source software was used in
| April to create what some 3,600 intelligence workers have dubbed
| "Intellipedia," the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54051.html
Open Source BI Broadens Out in Myriad Directions
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| With business intelligence (BI) heading more widely into Linux these
| days, vendors are adding more open source componentry in a variety of
| places, much to the glee of users ranging from financial services firm
| Tradewinds to health care IT specialist Nequalsone.
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| "One of the big areas where we're seeing a lot of Linux is in
| financial centers. And in Europe, there's been a push toward
| non-Microsoft environments," he observed.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6315/1/
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