> > You also fail to realize transportation, finance, > insurance, banking, retail, defense, and all sectors > of the economy run AIX. They have no intention of > running their operations deemed critical to cheap x86 > hardware running Linux. > > > > There is something to be said for developing your > operating system to run on your hardware (AIX and > POWER). That way you can expoit RAS. This isn't > possible with x86 and Linux. I have seen so many > Linux servers crash with no explanation why. > Clusters that are unstable. > > AIX is stable. That is what many companies want, so > they continue to buy a solid architecture. >
Many companies are beginning to realize that the future is Linux. Few RedHat customer success story : NYSE Euronext Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Union Pacific Corporation Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company FarmaLink Industry: Healthcare: Prescription Drug Administrator Alpine Electronics Union Bank, N.A. GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) The City of Burbank. and many more on their site http://customers.redhat.com/ partial list of Oracle enterprise. linux customers: A.C. Moore ABC Stores Abercrombie & Fitch Activision Acuity Brands Arcturus Realty Beaumont Medical Hospitals Board of Governors, State University System of Florida Bonnier Publishing Centre de Services Partages du Quebec City of Las Vegas The Cobalt Group Cox Enterprises Data Intensity Dell Deseret Power Diebold Fulcrum Analytics The Gem Group Georgian College GlobeCast Hays Medical Center IHOP Interactive One Knife River Corporation KPN Lower Colorado River Authority McKesson MercadoLibre Merial Mitsubishi Mutual Materials Netmania New York State Insurance Department Nissan Parks Victoria Primavera Systems Powell Industries Replacements, Ltd. Siemens USA SK Telecom Spaulding Equipment Company Stanford University Stemilt Growers Stuart Maue Timex University of Massachusetts ValueCentric Vcommerce Yahoo! etc http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/025990.htm many from this list are fortune 500 companies,goverments,etc and they all trust their operations on linux and i'm sure they have it running on x86 units. even of all US Military sectors loves linux: Real-time Linux powers Air Force F-16 simulators Lockheed Martin to use a real-time Linux platform to train fighter pilots http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/linux/2007/0115linux1.html Air Force Unhappy With Removal of Linux from PS3 http://www.tomshardware.com/news/USAF-air-force-playstation-ps3-other-os,10417.html Linux headed into Boeing antisub aircraft http://news.cnet.com/Linux-headed-into-Boeing-antisub-aircraft/2100-7344_3-6100043.html quote from OF ARMS AND LINUX : The next time you see high-tech weapons on the nightly news or hear a military jet thunder overhead, there’s probably a stalwart penguin saving lives and tax money at the same time. http://www.open-mag.com/70329338346.shtml more at: Linux Used by All Branches of U.S. Military http://www.suseblog.com/linux-used-by-all-branches-of-us-military/ I still think if oracle does not change it's current plans for solaris( damaged brand,sales are declining) the future will belong to windows and linux. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
