[lug] Opinions on E*Trade dumping Sun for Linux?

Wed Feb 6 19:44:19 MST 2002

On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 01:08:46PM -0700, Lou Puls wrote:
>Any opinions out there on E*Trade's decision to dump Sun servers for
>Linux (via IBM help)?  I would be curious if there is much optimism that

Hmm, I see a trend here...  Amazon is also switching from Sun to Linux --
they're expecting to save $19million the first year.

Sean
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