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Linux Lands Big Bank Account

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the linux-switch-ads dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European arm of Banco do Brasil, the largest bank in South America, is switching from Windows to Linux to cut costs and centralise support. The long-term strategy is to phase out Windows completely. Linux is also being used to replace Windows on desktops. Vnunet has the whole story."

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  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by IN+SOVIET+RUSSIA · · Score: -1, Troll

    Big bank accounts lands Linux!

  2. Linux: by JoeLinux · · Score: -1, Troll

    The official Operating system of the third world.

    (sniff) I'm so proud.

    Seriously though, hope this is the beginning of something really big. Would LOVE to be able to walk up to a BofA and Buffer overflow sendmail...er....make a withdrawal quickly.

    JoeLinux

  3. Cool! by Anik315 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux is now the choice OS of money laundering. Soon be in the hands of other thieves like the RIAA!

  4. Re:ING Bank by bmetzler · · Score: 1, Troll
    Kinda amusing, considering he's a card-holding MSCE.

    Perhaps he's trying to get into it to sabatoge the project then. Maybe he considers them "inferior" because he knows that he's toast should they be successful.

    -Brent
  5. Localization by Ed+Avis · · Score: 1, Troll

    I wonder what version of Linux they are installing? Red Hat 7000000000000.2?

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    -- Ed Avis ed@membled.com