Minitel. Another Linux victory
According to the latest news, an old primitive online service Minitel decided to use Linux OS for its system. The OS will be optimized for Minitel’s needs:
“The choice of open source was both for price and motivation,” Charrier said. “We pay no licensing fee for the software, and engineers feel motivated to work on a new kind of project that helps the open-source community.”
Great achievement for Linux market, which took another niche in slightly different sector of computer services.
“We wanted to create something as simple and cheap as the Minitel to reach technophobes and people without much money,” said Frédéric Charrier, manager of the Easy Neuf project, which started its first national advertising campaign last week. “For a slightly higher subscription, customers get a simplified computer with all services they might need.”