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Starwood Hotels deploys Linux-based reservation system
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has announced a deal with HP to deploy and manage a new, Linux-based global reservation system for its 750 hotels. "In addition to vastly improved
functionality, Starwood anticipates savings of $15 million to $20
million annually on its technology operating costs."
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Starwood Hotels deploys Linux-based reservation system Posted Oct 27, 2004 15:28 UTC (Wed) by einstein (subscriber, #2052) [Link] Gee, who was just saying that you can't make any money with open source? A $100 million contract sounds like good business to me.
Perhaps sco could have won some $100 million contracts if they had been selling linux systems instead of focusing on insane lawsuits.
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