[H-GEN] Fw: Linux goes National

[Simon Ellis]

Hello everyone.

The following story is a big step forward for Linux in the corporation.and
grid computing, particularly in Australia.

It's good to see.

Regards,

Simon Ellis.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stomfi" <stomfi at bigpond.com>
To: "cbqmembers" <members at cbq.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:11 PM
Subject: Linux goes National


> National Australia Bank that is.
>
> This really gives the OK for Linux in any enterprise if a bank can
> run their own ATMs on it, and are looking to implement Linux in
> other areas of their business.
>
> And look at the hardware grid. SFA in costs.
>
> The milestone that foretold IBM's slide towards a profit loss was
> when banks migrated their transaction systems from Mainframes to
> UNIX boxes.
>
> Transaction processing is one of the largest areas of computing and
>  many systems like ticketing, registration, and POS use a terminal
> application running on a Windows desktop. If the primary system runs
> on Linux it is going to make a lot of sense to run the terminal
> application on the same platform, as well as lower licensing costs.
>
> Enjoy another milestone in our own revolution.
>
>  http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=580233128&eid=-50