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NYSE Moves to Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the penguins-with-dollars-in-their-bills dept.

blitzkrieg3 writes "The New York Times is reporting on how the NYSE group now feels that Linux is 'mature enough' for the New York Stock Exchange. They are using commodity x86 based Hewlett-Packard hardware and Linux in place of their traditional UNIX machines. From NYSE Euronext CIO Steve Rubinow: 'We don't want to be closely aligned with proprietary Unix. No offense to HP-UX, but we feel the same way about [IBM's] AIX, and we feel the same way to some extent about Solaris. Other reasons cited for the switch were increased flexibility and lower cost.'"

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  1. Yes, but does it run... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I one-upped the people that skip reading article summaries and skipped reading the title.

  2. His final comment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "If there's one thing the market hates, it's crashes."

  3. Re:Year of Linux by The+Orange+Mage · · Score: 1, Funny

    We ALL know the year of "Linux on the Desktop" is the same year we win the war on Drugs. Also, it's the release date for Duke Nukem Forever.

  4. Re:Not the same as a Desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why, what's your stake? So people use desktop Linux at home. I do. Doesn't that make you mad? I love that. My wife runs Linux on her computer, too. My kids do, too. Does that piss you off? I'm glad. Lots of the people I work with use Linux on a home desktop, too. Linux is better than Microsoft in every way. Doesn't that just whip you into a foaming mad frenzy? Lots and lots of people use Linux every day, and they're smug and happy and laughing at you. Are you busting a blood vessel yet? I sure hope so.

  5. I bet we won't be seeing this story in.... by Tracy+Reed · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...the latest issue of the "Highly Reliable Times".

  6. Re:So they moved from UNIX to Linux by Deanalator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hahaha, you mean GNU/Linux right?

  7. Re:Hope the license doesn't give them trouble. by Loconut1389 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You need a new lawyer- or to stop trolling- whichever you find most applicable.

  8. Re:Guarantee of Reliability is not Free by cyranoVR · · Score: 5, Funny

    And this is different from other OSes the average person can buy...how, exactly?


    It could take...months?
  9. Openness, schmopenness by ScrewMaster · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It's the smell ... don't you agree, Mr. Anderson?"

    --
    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  10. Re:Not the same as a Desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love the internet. Only there can what is probably a perfectly reasonable man come off as a flaming dickwad. Or, what is probably a flaming dickwad can pretend he was a wife and kids.

  11. Re:Linux uptime. by theurge14 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The only reboots were due to other problems, like when a stray 7.62mm bullet knocked out our generator one time, but as for linux running...this thing ran like a champ."

    But you can't say it was bulletproof.

  12. Re:Linux uptime. by risk+one · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait a sec. You fought in Iraq, and while there, during your time off, you played America's Army? Holy crap.

    Or are all AA servers located in Iraq, for added realism?

  13. Re:Not the same as a Desktop by hendridm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or, what is probably a flaming dickwad can pretend he was a wife and kids.

    You've gotta have something to beat when you're done delivering some knuckle children.