> For companies selling software on a variety of platforms volume reduces > development costs, a limited number of high value sales is not > sufficient. The eco system needs to be of a size, where sales exceed > costs. Some institutions have found to their cost that Windows is not > reliable enough for large critical systems. The UK Stock exchange replaced > Solaris, with Windows server to reduce costs and has now switched to Linux > for reliability. The end result is Solaris still loses.
The old LSE system was built by Accenture, who specified Windows. The new LSE sytem is based on Linux, Solaris, and Oracle. It is implemented my Millennium IT, a now wholly-owned subsidiary of the LSE. Regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Sun Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim Email: v...@bb-c.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 45 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J. H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
