[KLUG Advocacy] Re: Advocacy digest, Vol 1 #131 - 4 msgs
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> 1. Linux at Merrill article (Adam Tauno Williams)
> 2. Re: Linux at Merrill article (Robert G. Brown)
> 3. Re: Linux at Merrill article (rels)
> 4. Re: Linux at Merrill article (Adam Williams)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 08:54:15 -0500
> From: Adam Tauno Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com>
> To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
> Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
>
> Interesting article at -
> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctlinux.xml
>
> And it begins with "AT FINANCIAL SERVICES giant Merrill Lynch, CTO John McKinley
> is blazing a trail to boost productivity and enhance ROI with his strategy. And
> that trail has led him to pursue a company-wide deployment of Linux open-source
> software."
>
> Which is something some KLUG members might have heard something about......
>
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> Message: 2
> To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
> From: "Robert G. Brown" <bob@acm.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:16:22 -0500
> Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
>
> >Interesting article at -
> >http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctlinux.xml
> >
> >And it begins with "AT FINANCIAL SERVICES giant Merrill Lynch, CTO John
> >McKinley is blazing a trail to boost productivity and enhance ROI with
> >his strategy. And that trail has led him to pursue a company-wide deployment
> >of Linux open-source software."
> This is actually something that has been going on at Merrill for some time,
> pursued by a number of execs, with somewhat different agendae. The first
> Linux systems were in production there as early as late 1998.
>
> A number of financial services firms are using Linux; many of them are very
> closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons. I can
> go into that a little if anyone is interested.
>
> >Which is something some KLUG members might have heard something about......
>
> What I really liked about this article is that it was diverse, didn't focus
> ML, but started there and took us to several other places, too. I was even
> pleased to see the big Microsoft ad at the bottom of the article, I always
> suspected they had EXCELLENT taste in ad placement! :)
>
> Regards,
> ---> RGB <---
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> Message: 3
> From: "rels" <rels@infi.net>
> To: <advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:46:12 -0500
> Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
>
> Robert G. Brown on Monday, January 20, 2003 9:16 AM wrote re:
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
>
> >
> > A number of financial services firms are using Linux; many of them
> are very
> > closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons. I
> can
> > go into that a little if anyone is interested.
> >
>
> Bob, I would be interested in "hearing" more. If there is not enough
> interest on this list indicated, please consider mailing me off-line
> at your convenience. Your call.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob E.
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:19:32 -0500 (EST)
> From: Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>
> To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
> Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
>
> >>A number of financial services firms are using Linux; many of them
> >>are very
> >>closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons. I
> >>can go into that a little if anyone is interested.
> >Bob, I would be interested in "hearing" more. If there is not enough
> >interest on this list indicated, please consider mailing me off-line
> >at your convenience. Your call.
>
> I'm interested; particularly because these firms really define
> what "mission critical", and they tend to have large complicated and
> integrated applications. This can be a far more convincing argument when
> discussing Linux's glass-house viability than the "Samba is a kick-butt
> file server" line. Albiet Samba servers I've read about with 200,000
> users are pretty darn impressive.
> (http://samba-survey.sernet.de/commit.html?action=info&id=155)
>
> There is a companion article to this InfoWorld article as well,
> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctinsider.xml
>
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>>closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons. I can
>>go into that a little if anyone is interested.
Yes, Bob, I too am interested in this. This is very exciting.
Bruce
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<p>advocacy-request@kalamazoolinux.org wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Send Advocacy mailing list submissions to
<br> advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<p>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
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<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
<br> advocacy-request@kalamazoolinux.org
<p>You can reach the person managing the list at
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<p>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
<br>than "Re: Contents of Advocacy digest..."
<p>Today's Topics:
<p> 1. Linux at Merrill article (Adam Tauno Williams)
<br> 2. Re: Linux at Merrill article (Robert G. Brown)
<br> 3. Re: Linux at Merrill article (rels)
<br> 4. Re: Linux at Merrill article (Adam Williams)
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<p>Message: 1
<br>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 08:54:15 -0500
<br>From: Adam Tauno Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com>
<br>To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<br>Subject: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
<br>Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<p>Interesting article at -
<br><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctlinux.xml">http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctlinux.xml</a>
<p>And it begins with "AT FINANCIAL SERVICES giant Merrill Lynch, CTO John
McKinley
<br>is blazing a trail to boost productivity and enhance ROI with his strategy.
And
<br>that trail has led him to pursue a company-wide deployment of Linux
open-source
<br>software."
<p>Which is something some KLUG members might have heard something about......
<p>--__--__--
<p>Message: 2
<br>To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<br>Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
<br>From: "Robert G. Brown" <bob@acm.org>
<br>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:16:22 -0500
<br>Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<p>>Interesting article at -
<br>><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctlinux.xml">http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctlinux.xml</a>
<br>>
<br>>And it begins with "AT FINANCIAL SERVICES giant Merrill Lynch, CTO
John
<br>>McKinley is blazing a trail to boost productivity and enhance ROI
with
<br>>his strategy. And that trail has led him to pursue a company-wide
deployment
<br>>of Linux open-source software."
<br>This is actually something that has been going on at Merrill for some
time,
<br>pursued by a number of execs, with somewhat different agendae. The
first
<br>Linux systems were in production there as early as late 1998.
<p>A number of financial services firms are using Linux; many of them are
very
<br>closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons. I
can
<br>go into that a little if anyone is interested.
<p>>Which is something some KLUG members might have heard something about......
<p>What I really liked about this article is that it was diverse, didn't
focus
<br>ML, but started there and took us to several other places, too. I was
even
<br>pleased to see the big Microsoft ad at the bottom of the article, I
always
<br>suspected they had EXCELLENT taste in ad placement! :)
<p>
Regards,
<br>
---> RGB <---
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<p>Message: 3
<br>From: "rels" <rels@infi.net>
<br>To: <advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org>
<br>Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
<br>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:46:12 -0500
<br>Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<p>Robert G. Brown on Monday, January 20, 2003 9:16 AM wrote re:
<br>Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
<p>>
<br>> A number of financial services firms are using Linux; many of them
<br>are very
<br>> closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons.
I
<br>can
<br>> go into that a little if anyone is interested.
<br>>
<p>Bob, I would be interested in "hearing" more. If there is not
enough
<br>interest on this list indicated, please consider mailing me off-line
<br>at your convenience. Your call.
<p>Thanks in advance.
<p>Regards,
<p>Rob E.
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<p>Message: 4
<br>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 10:19:32 -0500 (EST)
<br>From: Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>
<br>To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<br>Subject: Re: [KLUG Advocacy] Linux at Merrill article
<br>Reply-To: advocacy@kalamazoolinux.org
<p>>>A number of financial services firms are using Linux; many of them
<br>>>are very
<br>>>closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons.
I
<br>>>can go into that a little if anyone is interested.
<br>>Bob, I would be interested in "hearing" more. If there is not
enough
<br>>interest on this list indicated, please consider mailing me off-line
<br>>at your convenience. Your call.
<p>I'm interested; particularly because these firms really define
<br>what "mission critical", and they tend to have large complicated and
<br>integrated applications. This can be a far more convincing argument
when
<br>discussing Linux's glass-house viability than the "Samba is a kick-butt
<br>file server" line. Albiet Samba servers I've read about with
200,000
<br>users are pretty darn impressive.
<br>(<a href="http://samba-survey.sernet.de/commit.html?action=info&id=155">http://samba-survey.sernet.de/commit.html?action=info&id=155</a>)
<p>There is a companion article to this InfoWorld article as well,
<br><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctinsider.xml">http://www.infoworld.com/articles/ct/xml/03/01/13/030113ctinsider.xml</a>
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>>closed mouthed about how it's employed, for a number of reasons. I can
<br>>>go into that a little if anyone is interested.
<p>Yes, Bob, I too am interested in this. This is very exciting.
<p>Bruce
<br>
<br>
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