[Wylug-discuss] Companies using Linux on the desktop

[Christopher Brown]

On 26/03/2008, Grayde Bowen <graydebowen at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
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> I am taking some Linux modules as part of an MSc at Leeds Met.  I have just
> completed RHA 030.  This has been linked to an academic paper focussing on a
> case study of Linux implementation.
> I am looking for a suitable business example in the North, ideally to get
> some primary data for me to analyse.  I would rather not go into Linux
> server use (such as Apache on Linux as a web server) as the last 2 MSc units
> I completed were on this and I will probably be heading that way in the next
> RHA module.   I should like to track down a real business running several
> linked Linux boxes at the desktop.
> I understand that they do a lot of this stuff in Brazil but I am after
> something closer to home.  My real job is in IT lecturing so am in the jack
> of all trades master of none computing category.

Apart from the hardware manufacturers and academic institutions, you
might want to have a look at Specsavers. I think their CTO has even
advised government on open standards etc (though I might be getting
confused).

Cheers

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Christopher Brown

http://www.chruz.com