Desktop Linux could take off at airports
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The airport check-in desk could be where “desktop” Linux usage takes off, according to Unisys’ European coordinator of open-source software activities.
Moves across the air transport industry to introduce Common Use Self-Service (CUSS) check-in terminals at airports could present an opening for Linux, said Pierre Benne of Unisys France, speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Paris on Monday on the use of Linux in the enterprise.
Desktop Linux will likely be most successful in situations where the number of applications can be limited to an easy-to-use few, such as in call-center workstations, or in self-service airport check-in terminals, he said.
Apart from a few isolated trials, self-service check-in terminals are typically provided by airlines for the exclusive use of their own passengers… Source: InfoWorld