London Stock Exchange dumps Windows for Linux

[Greg Mischel Smith]

Hulu just released a desktop version of their software for Linux
(specifically Fedora 32/64 and Ubuntu 32/64)
Another big win?
http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux

-Greg
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Jim Webb <jimwebb at kc.rr.com> wrote:

> I'd love to see a linux based electronic medical record system.
>
> Jim
>
> Haworth, Michael A. wrote:
> > Baby-steps...
> >
> > Michael Haworth
> > ESSM - PAS Technologies Inc.
> > D: (816) 556-5157
> > M: (816) 585-1033
> >
> >
> > -----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?
>
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