OT: Unix or UNIX or unix

Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Thu Jun 11 14:32:20 UTC 2009


CJ Kelley wrote:
>> I doubt that banks run everything on Windows. Most likely Solaris or
>> some other UNIX will be at the core. Any bank or stock exchange that
>> converts fully to Windows and trumpets it deserves what they get.
>>
>>     
>
> there are a lot of companies that use both windows and linux. Windows for
> the clients and the servers (mostly because of windowses software
> compatibility..i think) and linux for the firewall. Thats mostly how it goes
> where i live.
>
> like i say..i dont see linux ever disappearing..especially if companies need
> it for protection
>   

Not much need for Linux firewalls if Linux cannot interoperate with 
Windows due to modified tcp/ip stack. But then there are the routers to 
conquer too so yeah, not worried.




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