--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:[snip]Applications, yes. Database on MySQL is acourageous step (leap?) forward,especially for conservative institutions likebanks.
Open source more than free software has been
accepted at Banking and Financial Institutions across
the country more so lately. Ofcourse making use of
Open Source and Gnu/Linux as a platform is still for
purposes of Running their Legacy Systems/apps on
it....like MF Cobol on Gnu/Linux or DB2/Oracle 9i Apps
on Gnu/Linux.
BFSI is a sector with a lot of $$$ to spend. Moreso,
one doesn't need to sell them Gnu/Linux...the
circumstances has already done that.
I believe Binand was commenting on choice of mysql which has certain deficiencies that makes it a rather poor choice in heavy RDBMS-only environment.
Shridhar
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