Amadeus moves all hotel GDS operations from TPF to open-systems Linux platform

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| Amadeus this week will unveil the first components of a new next-generation
| distribution technology platform for the hotel industry. As a first step,
| Amadeus has completed the migration of the 75,000 hotel properties that
| participate in its GDS from a system based on TPF (transaction processing
| facility) to a Linux platform, Jerome Destors, deputy managing director of
| Amadeus' Hospitality Business Group, said. All hotel GDS operations are now
| running on the open-systems platform.
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http://atwonline.com/magazine/articl...articleID=2139


Recent:

Microsoft sues Fattal Hotels

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| BSA Israel's legal advisers, Adv. Naomi Assia and Osher Ben-Ezri claim that
| Fattal and its managers had "blatantly violated Microsoft's intellectual
| property rights, harmed its reputation and good name, and made unjust gains
| at its expense by copying and installing original software without proper
| licensing or authorization." Â* Â*
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http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/glob...77049&fid=1725


Christer Edwards: Ubuntu 7.10 vs Windows XP : The Story of the Hotel Printer

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| I then click print in Evince and out comes the document. Â*Done. Â*You know,
| people still insist on telling me that they don’t want to run Linux because
| its harder, or that Windows XP just works for what they want to do. Â*Are you
| kidding me? Â*Just this evening it took me twice as much work to *try* and
| print something, which never worked. Â*Ubuntu “just worked”… go figure. Â* Â*
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http://www.linuxindex.com/2007/11/08...hotel-printer/


Related:

Microsoft Booted! And by The Marriott?

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| The hotel then shut down Microsoft's wireless and Ethernet Internet
| access at 4 p.m., leaving reporters scrambling to file their stories
| and Microsoft flaks looking on apologetically.
|
| "They need the room for a birthday party," one of the reps
| explained.
|
| What the heck is going on here? Doesn't the software behemoth
| from Redmond inspire fear anymore? Apparently not so much.
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news...le.php/3646726


Four Seasons agrees to Gates, Alwaleed buyout bid

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| Four Seasons Hotels Inc. said on Monday it has agreed to a $3.37
| billion offer to be taken private by a group that includes the
| Canadian company's chief executive as well as Saudi Prince
| Alwaleed bin Talal and Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill
| Gates.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070212/fours...yout.html?.v=3


Four Seasons: Gates & Co May Get a Higher Tab

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| One analyst thinks the investment group bidding for the hotel chain
| may have to sweeten its $3.7 billion offer
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http://yahoo.businessweek.com/invest...106_360449.htm