[lug] USPS & Linux

[Evelyn Mitchell]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 07:03:15PM -0600, ljp wrote:
> I just read an article in embedded linux journal (not online yet), that the 
> USPS is using 7000 linux systems for their OCR sorting system. And all this 
> time I thought all the mis sorted letters were software problems... :)
> That and their buildings are all paid for, and they STILL manage to lose money.

Yes, the Post Office has been using Linux for OCR for several years.

http://www.linuxvar.org/Solutions/ocr.html


Evelyn Mitchell
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