On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Vamsee Kanakala <[email protected]>wrote:

> Mohan R wrote:
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>> Where there is High Performance, there is *nix.
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>> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/1742203/London-Stock-Exchange-Rejects-NET-For-Open-Source
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>
> Looks like the inevitable conclusion to an old story:
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> http://blogs.computerworld.com/london_stock_exchange_to_abandon_failed_windows_platform
>

It goes beyond just adoption of Linux. As I understand it, LSE bought out
MilleniumIT. This shows a stronger commitment than just a licence purchase.
This may have well been a strategy to mitigate risk of support/ closure etc.
Be it as it were, this is still as a great win story for Linux.

Mohan Sundaram
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