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Wall Street Becoming a Linux Stronghold

Posted by Soulskill on from the quite-an-investment dept.

alphadogg recommends an article about the rise of Linux on Wall Street. We discussed the beginnings of this trend last year. From NetworkWorld: "Wall Street firms increasingly are buying into Linux, but some still need convincing that open source licensing and support models won't make using the technology more trouble than it's worth. Linux providers, speaking this week at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association conference in New York City, stated their cases that Wall Street firms have nothing to fear about diving into open source. Red Hat and Novell argued that's especially true now that specialized Real Time Linux has been developed that meets strict low-latency and messaging requirements of brokerages and trading firms."

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  1. Finally, Some Linux News!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hallelujah!!

    Once upon a time, I remember a time when slashdot was a linux and tech news site, not a left-wing pseudo-political blog.

    This is actually some relevant linux news on the main page. This doesn't happen much anymore.

    I hope we return to the days when slashdot wasn't so political.

  2. Re:No, you don't. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

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