TCO of mainframe is very expensive and if banks in PH are still in legacy mainframe applications, most likely its hardware and apps are now out of vendor supports. New IBM mainframe will cost $1 million at least.
On 5/1/09, Andre John Cruz <[email protected]> wrote: > most banks don't use UNIX-based or Windows Server-based systems for storing > account and transaction information; they use mainframes ;) > > > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:14 PM, eric pareja <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Orly, > > > > > > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Orlando Andico <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > But I have to ask the folks on this list (particularly the MySQL and > > > PostgreSQL advocates): would you deposit your money in a bank which > > > uses MySQL or PostgreSQL for their core banking system? > > > > > > > Would any of the average bank depositors know which database > > technology their bank uses and care which? How about banks that use > > dBase still? > > > > -- > > eric pareja ([email protected]) LPIC-2 | PGP/GPG Key 0xB82E42D9 > > Coordinator for Technology / Senior Linux Trainer > > National Telehealth Center, University of the Philippines Manila > > International Open Source Network - ASEAN+3 > > "Ang mundo ay aklat, at iisang pahina lamang ang nababasa ng hindi > naglalakbay." > > わかよたれぞ つねならむ > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
