NHS mulling Ubuntu switch after Windows XP fail?
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Thursday 18th of May 2017 08:48:44 AM
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NHS mulling Ubuntu switch after Windows XP fail?
The NHS could be considering switching its software infrastructure from Windows to Ubuntu, after Windows XP vulnerabilities were exploited in the recent cyber attack that crippled the National Health Service. Or is it just an elaborate gag?
The NHSbuntu platform came to our attention via Dr Dean Jenkins, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and editor-at-large of BMJ Case Reports, who writes about it on Differential Diagnosis, his blog.
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