> There needs to be a firm that supports these boxen, and that firm > needs to be big, so that the bank folks believe it will continue to > exist. Red Hat might only BARELY qualify, and I don't believe they're > in this market (which is a hardware/software market; supplying > software only would not be enough). Caldera might be a contender for this with thier accquistion of SCO which has been a good seller in the banking industry in the past. In my opion, I don't think Red Hat could do it simply because of the stigma it has as being a hobiest OS and its passive cororate business model record. Caldera, on the other hand, has had a very good corporate business model record (thats the main reason they discontinued thier partnership from Red Hat in the first place) and has moved thier OS line into position to take full advantage of this market and other markets that Red Hat up until recently has ignored. > Red Hat might only BARELY qualify, and I don't believe they're > in this market (which is a hardware/software market; supplying > software only would not be enough). I'm not sure i agree with this totally - Banks and other highly regulated businesses use Consultants that supply services for hardware and support the software (mostly for liability reasons). >>> >Um... You may want to rethink that statement: I didn't mean to say that OpenSource wasn't making progress. I relize that there are some movment towards OpenSource but its only a small percentage of the total industry install base. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Chad Walstrom" <chewie at wookimus.net> >To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 9:27 AM >Subject: [TCLUG] Some banks trust Linux (was "How to make Linux run on a floppy disk") >>> Carl Lindgren C. R. Lindgren Consulting Minneapolis, MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert P. Goldman" <goldman at htc.honeywell.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] How to make Linux run on a floppy disk > >>>>> "CL" == Carl Lindgren <devel_support at crlc.net> writes: > > >> > >> So, apparently ATMs are x86 clones running DOS (at least the text based > >> ones). I wonder why they don't use linux? Lighter, cheaper, more secure, > >> flexible, the benefits go on. Makes ya wonder.... > >> > > CL> Mostly because the Banking Industry is afraid of OpenSource > CL> and partly because of way Banking Regulators and Policy Makers > CL> set policies. This is something the Linux/OpenSource Unix > CL> Communities have to work though to be competitive in that > CL> industry. > > There needs to be a firm that supports these boxen, and that firm > needs to be big, so that the bank folks believe it will continue to > exist. Red Hat might only BARELY qualify, and I don't believe they're > in this market (which is a hardware/software market; supplying > software only would not be enough). That's the rational side. The > less rational side is the old "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM" > (is there a more modern equivalent of this old adage?) phenomenon. > Why would a bank purchasing officer want to stick his or her neck out > to adopt something new? > > R > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list