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Wall Street Embraces Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-time-for-different-reasons dept.

Brian Stretch was among several who sent in this story about Merrill Lynch switching to Linux, this is interesting because it's actually companywide. Talks about Red Hat, Linux threatening Unix and so on.

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  1. Mental image: by RasputinAXP · · Score: 5, Funny
    CSFB's Yatko was just as direct. "We don't treat Linux as a toy. We've got real business problems that we need to solve."
    I've all of a sudden got this mental picture of a little squeaky Tux toy. You know, the ones that your dog would just LOVE to chew on for a while before swallowing them.
  2. Re:Linux not really "free"? by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate that fucking quotation. If I never heard it again, it would be too soon. It's not like I boot into Windows, say "Computer, write the year-end fiscal report," and go golfing for the afternoon.

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    "If he thinks he can hide and run from the United States and our allies, he's sorely mistaken." Bush on bin Laden
  3. Re:Linux not really "free"? by cpeterso · · Score: 5, Funny

    you forgot the last step:

    time = money
    knowledge = power
    work = power * time
    work = knowledge * money
    money = work / knowledge
    QED: as knowledge --> 0, money --> infinity

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    cpeterso