Posted on 05/30/2003 2:39:08 AM PDT by chance33_98
British Army lines up on SCO's side
Helicopter gunship deal worth £3.5 million
By Adamson Rust: Tuesday 27 May 2003, 10:49
IF YOU'RE AT ALL WORRIED that SCO might triumph in its legion of present and future court cases, perhaps it's time to worry that little bit more. The firm said today that the British Army will adopt SCO's Unix platform, server solutions and services to keep its helicopters trim and ship shape.
The project is worth £3.5 million with a rollout finished by the end of next year.
The software and systems will look after components for its Lynx, Gazelle, and yes Apache helicopters later this year.
Terry O'Reilly (yes), a commander in the Ministry of Defence, said: "The SCO Group's Unixware 7 OS is already used extensively by the Royal Navy and it made absolute sense to deploy the same Unix platform".
So if the helicopter gunships don't get you non-SCO believers, see how you'd like a gunboat up your Yangtse. [I thought Benny Hill was dead, Ed.]
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