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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. *sigh* by Afty0r · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nice to see the old "BSDLicense/Windows" naming convention creeping in there.

    Can we not drop this? For those who haven't realised yet, the fad is over.