London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux

[Jim Webb]

I'd love to see a linux based electronic medical record system.

Jim

Haworth, Michael A. wrote:
> Baby-steps...
>
> Michael Haworth
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On
Behalf Of Jestin Stoffel
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:47 PM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux
>
> 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?