Would you deposit your money to a bank that can't afford a $1M mainframe? 2009/5/2 thad <[email protected]>
> 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 > -- Kelsey Hartigan Go Registered Linux user #5998
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