Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:49:36 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Javier Henderson <javier@kjsl.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD MySQL still WAY slower than Linux Message-ID: <42B34570.8080906@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <42B34018.2040604@kjsl.com> References: <20050617210607.GA36959@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200506172112.j5HLC6U9043819@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> <20050617212125.GC36959@freebie.xs4all.nl> <42B34018.2040604@kjsl.com>
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Javier Henderson wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: [ ... ] >> Yes. Go and visit the London City and check their computer rooms. >> You will be surprised about the number of UNIX boxes. You don't >> think IBM, HP, Sun etc sell their UNIX machines just to ISPs or..? > > But are those Unix servers actually processing bank transactions and > holding customer accounts? Some of 'em, sure. They tended to use a lot of Sun Exxxx or HP Apollo 9000 boxen. They also used Unix boxes a lot for trading system/forecasting, often using inhouse software development and a bit of outside consulting. At one point, SBC had over 3000 NeXT systems there. [ I worked at a company which developed and deployed NEXTSTEP software for the various big banks in Chicago, FNBC, SBC, UBS, and the CBX (commodity exchange). ITS, run by a guy called Ted Shelton. ] -- -Chuck PS: You'd be surprised at how many ATMs and POS machines are running IBM's OS/2....
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