London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux

[Jestin Stoffel]

This is a huge win for Linux, but I always find these stories to be
bittersweet.  Anyone "in the know" is already aware that Linux is great
for enterprise and server level applications, but I'd prefer to see a
big win for the Linux desktop.  Where is the "Corporation X Switches all
Desktops to Linux" story I've been waiting to hear?  There have been a
few, but just not enough.

On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 14:32 -0500, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Greg Mischel Smith <gregms at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Apparently they got tired of the Windows problems.
> > -Greg Smith (GregMS)
> >
> >
> > http://blogs.computerworld.com/14876/london_stock_exchange_dumps_windows_for_linux
> > By: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
> 
> > In the end, the LSE and its traders will profit from this move. As Steve
> > George, director of corporate services at Canonical (the company
> > behindUbuntu) told me when we talked about the deal. "When performance and
> > stability matters, as they do in business, Linux is the positive choice.
> > This move will be good both for the LSE and its customers and to the wider
> > family of Linux."
> 
> I think this is the most interesting comment in the post.  Does this
> imply that this new platform is running on Ubuntu or were they just
> looking for a Linux "talking head" to comment?
>