Linux article in USA

[George Toft]

Some gossip at work has it that Sun had a poll to determine the platform
Solaris was used on most.  The results were 76% on Intel, 24% on SPARC. 
Anyone else hear of this rumor?

Another Linux/Solaris tidbit: I had the opportunity to use Solaris and
Gnome last week.  I could not tell it from a Linux box except for the
fact that vi was still broken in an xterm.  Obviously, I was just using
it, not admin'ing it.

George


tickticker wrote:
> 
> Wow, The most upbeat article in mainstream press I've ever read.  It's like
> one big ad for Tux.
> 
> This needs to be printed out and posted all over the city.  I would make a
> great wallpaper for that new corporation moving into town. company x, and
> should be flyered on Intel, motorola, and every other parking lot in the
> county. Including the county government.
> 
> Although they paint sun as strictly a software company and they do sell a
> bit of hardware.
> 
> anthony
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:03 AM
> Subject: Re: Linux article in USA
> 
> > I searched their site, and here's an article from Sunday:
> >
> > The Germany-based bank sought a less-costly way to calculate risks
> > associated with its portfolio of investments. So it replaced 32 computer
> > servers, based on the time-tested Unix operating systems, at an average
> > cost of $50,000 each, with 40 Linux servers, at $3,000 a pop.
> >
> > Then Dresdner discovered a bonus: Linux, the upstart open-source
> > operating system, was not only cheaper ? but also faster. The Unix
> > servers took 17 hours to calculate how much cash the bank needed in
> > reserve to offset its investment risk. The Linux servers made the same
> > calculation in  11 minutes.
> >
> > http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2002-08-04-linux_x.htm
> >
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> > Matt Alexander wrote:
> > >
> > > Missed it.  Can you summarize?  Or even transcribe the article for us?
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > > On 5 Aug 2002, mazdaracer wrote:
> > >
> > > > See the 'cover story' in the Money section of Monday's USA of Aug. 5
> > > >
> > > > Pretty cool!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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