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A Quarter-Million Dollar Box For A Free OS

Posted by timothy on from the eh-just-stick-it-in-the-corner dept.

popeyethesailor writes: "According to a CNET story, the server startup Egenera will be debut its high end Linux servers for financial services customers, running Red Hat Linux. An earlier CNETstory details their design." That's a hefty pricetag, but the companies they hope to sell to ("market--financial-services companies and service providers") aren't shy about investing in tools. Of course, an S/390 isn't cheap either, no matter how many GNU/Linux images it's running ;)

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  1. post #2247883 by negativekarmanow+tm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yowza!

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  2. Can you imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no, no I can't.

  3. Re:Nice Grammar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WOW, you lose. Read it again, failed grammar-nazi.

  4. Re:GNU/Linux on timothy's mother by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Hey stop that!

    Timothy is the only good editor Slashdot still has left.

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