Linux vs Windows - Conquering a Windows Based World

Suse Linux on Intel platform is the choice for the (IRD) Inland Revenue Department for its compliance driven electronic document management project. They had been using Unix for 15 years so most skills are transferable according to Huckerby, the national manager for business management services.

“Linux has been the preferred platform for new development of systems of this kind for a number of years,” Huckerby says. “Our standard operating environment lists Linux as the prime candidate for an operating system for our servers in the mid- and network-tiers of our architecture — where the electronic records and document management system sits,” she says.