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Yeah. I'm sorry. That subject line was lame but I just couldn't resist. Anyway... German McD's are apparently switching over to Linux for the infrastructure needs. At least according to this press release.

With more than 30,000 restaurants around the globe and more than 1,200 in Germany alone, McDonald's is the undisputed market leader in the fast food sector. For its activities, McDonald's makes use of state-of-the-art technology and mature concepts that support business workflows in the best way possible.

If Linux eliminates all those nasty BSODs and helps to streamline McDonald's infrastructure, maybe, just maybe the drive-thu lines won't be so long at lunchtime!

jives BP6 User Posts: 2419 Joined: 2001-05-18

#29790 Posted on: 06/12/2004 07:01 PM Hm if the German McDonalds are anything like the US...then I don't think the weak link is the hardware or software.

teezer BP6 User Posts: 336 Joined: 2002-08-09

#29791 Posted on: 06/12/2004 09:04 PM Originally posted by jives Hm if the German McDonalds are anything like the US...then I don't think the weak link is the hardware or software. at german McD, beer is on the menu board dual P3 550/1mb xeons into a nikko beta III > phase linear 400 > kef 101s (like cruising the internet in an older mercedes with a sound upgrade) "Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."

jives BP6 User Posts: 2419 Joined: 2001-05-18

#29792 Posted on: 06/13/2004 01:28 AM Originally posted by teezer at german McD, beer is on the menu board There used to be a Taco Inn (taco bell clone) that served but they had to stop. The employees were drinking more than the customers.

Flandry Dualing proc referee Posts: 58 Joined: 2001-09-10

#29793 Posted on: 06/13/2004 11:37 AM I've noticed that the spelling is a bit lax around here. It is Friday and all, but maybe a spin through the spellcheck is called for? I personally dislike McDonalds, but they do have good fries. Schizo 2002/10: 1st SMP for me: MSI Pro266TD MasterLR| 2xTuallie-S 1.26GHz@~1.4GHz|768MB Corsair PC2400|Albatron GF4200|TBSC Replacing the dinosaur: Asus P2B|Celery800@1.06|Tekram U160SCSI|Atlas10KIII|Leadtek GF3 200Ti|SBLive!

SuperDude Registered User Posts: 17 Joined: 2004-06-13

#29794 Posted on: 06/13/2004 11:00 PM Looking at the press release, and from what I've heard, its no more than what looks like three FTP servers and such. Not quite an entire infastructure move, or core enterprise servers. I've heard they are a big user of SCO Unix, so maybe thats the plan. Just looks like Novell want to get some attention for what, maybe $200 worth of business. They will be anouncing next what they went out and bought for lunch. Perhaps 2 big macs as they were feeling crazy . Can't wait. What really anoys me about press releases like this is that they think they have to explain to us who McDonalds are. Novell, who are they then? Didn't they sell netwoking software once? Oh yes, now I remember, that was until the software satan turned its eye on them.

jives BP6 User Posts: 2419 Joined: 2001-05-18

#29795 Posted on: 06/13/2004 11:05 PM Transposed letters? I had to run thru spell check just to find it. I guess it comes from have to read information so quickly that I do it all on sight so spelling error are ignored. Or might have to do with having too many things to do other than point out other

The Doctor Jelly baby, anyone? Posts: 659 Joined: 2002-04-20

#29796 Posted on: 06/14/2004 03:33 AM Hmm. Gross generalisation and cashing in on cliche it may be, but I wouldn't have thought the average McDonalds employee had the wherewithall to be let loose near Windows XP, let alone Linux... :rolleyes: Duallies Present Gigabyte GA-8I865G775-G (3.4GHz Pentium-D 950), PowerMac G5 (4x2.5GHz G5), PowerMac G4 (2x1.42GHz G4) Duallies Past Abit BP6 (2x366MHz Celeron @ 550MHz), Intel MS440GX (2x450MHz Pentium III Xeon), Tyan Thunder K7 (2xAthlonMP 1900+), PowerMac G4 (2x533MHz G4) "There are three roads to ruin... the most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians." --Georges Pompidou

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