I-IRS ayikakulungeli ukuthuthela eLinux ngenxa yamaphutha ayo

I-United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ube nezinkinga zokuthuthela eLinux, kubangelwe yilokho okunye ukuhlolwa kwamabhuku okubiza ngokuthi "ukuphathwa kabi kobuchwepheshe."

Ngokwecebo elamenyezelwa ngo-2014, i-IRS ihlele ukuhambisa isamba sezicelo eziyi-141 kusistimu yokusebenza ye-Linux, ngethemba lokonga izigidi zamaRandi ngokusebenzisa ezinye izindlela zesoftware yamahhala.

Eqinisweni, ngaphambi kokuqala ushintsho, i-IRS ibike ukuthi izokongela kuze kufike ku- $ 12 million eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo ngohlelo olulodwa nje, ngenxa yemali eyancishisiwe yelayisense.

Futhi ngenkathi ukuthuthela okujwayelekile ku-Linux kulula kakhulu, inqubo yokuhambisa izinhlelo ze-IRS ayisiyo Kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2018, izicelo ezi-8 kuphela ezazithuthiwe.

Ukufuduka kuzophela kuze kube ngu-2020

Ukucwaningwa kwamabhuku okwenziwe nguMgcinimafa Jikelele Wezokuphathwa Kwentela kuveza ukuthi kunamaphutha amaningi enziwe ngenkathi kuzanywa ukufudukela eLinux, kufaka phakathi ukungacabangi ukuthi abasebenzi bazodinga ukuqeqeshwa ukusebenzisa iLinux.

Ngenkathi ukusuka eSolaris kuya kumthombo ovulekile weLinux kungaba ushintsho lokwehlisa izindleko, ekugcineni kwagcina kubiza ngaphezu kwalokho obekulindelwe njengenhlangano kwadingeka asebenzise imali engaphezu kwama- $ 800,000 kumasevisi wokusekela ngoba abasebenzi babengenalo ulwazi lobuchwepheshe lokwenza ukufuduka.

Lokhu akusho ukuthi ukufuduka kuzoshiywa, kepha, kususelwa ochungechungeni lwezincomo, kufaka phakathi ukulungisa isu lokuvuselela izinhlekelele nokuqhubeka komsebenzi, i-IRS ihambise iphrojekthi futhi manje inosuku lokuvala luka-2020.