[KLUG Members] Motor giant Ford to move to Linux

[Adam Williams]

> On an airplane ride to sunny California earlier this year, I sat next to 
> a network engineer who just happened to be an employee of Ford Detroit. 
> I asked him about this subject, knowing that Ford Europe was looking at 
> Linux seriously. He said they are definitely taking Linux into serious 
> consideration. I think SAN connectivity was a big deal for them. That 
> was back in March, but I can tell you, he sure sounded serious about the 
> prospects of Linux at Ford.
> Very cool. I just hope it really happens!

I have a relative at IBM in one of the myriad R&D departments, focusing
mainly on SAN/Storage/etc.. related issues.  They are mondo into Linux,
and he spends lots of time in Detroit - their division got one of the
big Ford outsourcing contracts.  Hmmm...